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THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON
CALIFORNIA IS AN INCREASE IN THE
FREQUENCY INTENSITY OF WILDFIRES
THROUGHOUT THE STATE THIS
INCREASE COUPLED WITH DROUGHT
DECADES OF FIRE SUPPRESSION AND
OTHER FACTORS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY
RISKS RAISE THE RISK OF HIGH
INTENSITY AND CATASTROPHIC
WILDLAND FIRE STATEWIDE AS WE'VE
SEEN. IN TWENTY TWENTY AND
TWENTY TWENTY ONE NINE OF THE
TWENTIETH LARGEST AND SEVEN OF
THIS TWENTY MOST DESTRUCTIVE
WILDLAND FIRES IN STATE HISTORY
OCCURRED WHEN ALMOST SEVEN
MILLION TOTAL ACRES BURNED. THE
TWENTY TWENTY AUGUST COMPLEX
FIRE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE
LARGEST FIRE IN CALIFORNIA
HISTORY. BURNED OVER ONE MILLION
ACRES JUST BY ITSELF. THAT'S 1%
OF THE STATE'S LAND AREA IN THIS
ONE FIRE. OVER THE LAST FEW
YEARS WILDLAND FIRE HAS
DESTROYED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE'S HOMES INCLUDING IN MY
DISTRICT IN ORANGE COUNTY.
BECAUSE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF
INSURED LOSSES. DESTROYED OR
DAMAGED LOTS OF PRIME HABITAT.
AND TRAGICALLY RESULTED IN THE
LOSS OF LIVES FOR HUNDREDS OF
PEOPLE. THOUSANDS OF
FIREFIGHTERS ARE DEPLOYED TO
BATTLE THESE FIRES OFTEN FOR
MULTIPLE WEEKS AT A TIME.
ADDITIONALLY MILLIONS OF
CALIFORNIANS. END UP EXPOSED
UNHEALTHY AIR QUALITY DUE TO
WILDFIRE SMOKE. SO IMPROVING FOR
SOME LANDSCAPE HELP TO PROVIDE
RESILIENCY TO REDUCE THE RISK OF
WILD AND FIRED IS OF PARAMOUNT
IMPORTANCE. THIS IS JUST AS TRUE
IN THE CONNOR PERFORCE IN
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. AS IT IS
WITH THE COASTAL SCRUB AND
CHAPARRAL OF SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA. ALTHOUGH OF COURSE
THE METHODS OF FIREFIGHTING AND
SUPPRESSION- VERY BETWEEN THE
TWO. IN RECOGNITION OF THE NEED
TO COMBAT WILDFIRES THE NEW SOME
ADMINISTRATION SIGNED A SHARED
STEWARDSHIP AGREEMENT WITH THE
U. S. FOREST SERVICE IN TWENTY
TWENTY. COMMITTING TO THE SHARED
GOALS OF FUEL REDUCTION
TREATMENT OF ONE MILLION ACRES
ANNUALLY FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
ACRES EACH BETWEEN THE STATE AND
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. BY THE YEAR
TWENTY TWENTY FIVE. AS WELL AS
OTHER RELATED GOALS TO IMPROVE
WILDFIRE AND FOREST RESILIENCY
STATEWIDE. SUBSEQUENTLY THE
STATE DEVELOPED A PLAN TO MEET
THIS AMBITIOUS TREATMENT TARGET
THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
TWENTY TWENTY ONE CALIFORNIA
WILDFIRE AND FOREST RESILIENCE
ACTION PLAN. WHICH IDENTIFIED
FOUR. KEY GOALS AND NINETY NINE
KEY ACTIONS TO ACHIEVE THOSE
GOALS. MY COLLEAGUE SENATOR
LAYERED AUTHORED A BILL SB FOUR
FIFTY SIX TO CODIFY THE ACTION
PLAN IN TWENTY TWENTY ONE. WHICH
PROVIDED FOR THE CALIFORNIA
WILDFIRE AND FOREST RESILIENCE
TASK FORCE. WHICH WAS MEANT TO
IMPLEMENT THIS ACTION PLAN. AT
THE SAME TIME THE LEGISLATURE
APPROPRIATED AN UNPRECEDENTED
TWO POINT SIX BILLION DOLLARS
OVER FOUR YEARS. DEFINED EFFORTS
TO IMPROVE FOREST AND LANDSCAPE
HEALTH. AND HELP PREPARE THE
FRAMEWORK TO MEET THE ONE
MILLION ACRE TREATMENT TARGET BY
THE YEAR TWENTY TWENTY FIVE IN
THERE AFTER. NO CAN SEVERAL
PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE THROUGH
THE COMBINED AND COLLABORATIVE
EFFORTS OF STATE. FEDERAL LOCAL
AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS. AND
OTHER AS WELL AS OTHER
STAKEHOLDERS BUT TWENTY TWENTY
FIVE IS ONLY TWO YEARS AWAY.
THIS COMMITTEE IS CONVENING THIS
HEARING TO CHECK IN ON THE
STATE'S EFFORTS TO IMPLEMENT THE
ACTION PLAN. IMPROVE FOREST AND
LANDSCAPE HEALTH. REDUCE THE
RISK OF WILDFIRE AND REACH THE
ONE MILLION ACRE TREATMENT CALL.
THE IDENTIFICATION OF OBSTACLES
ARE BOTTLENECKS PREVENTING
PROGRESS ON THESE IMPORTANT
GOALS WILL BE A WELCOME HEARING
OUTCOME PARTICULARLY IF FOLKS
CAN IDENTIFY WHERE LEGISLATIVE
ACTION COULD HELP. THIS HEARING
WILL START WITH AN OVERVIEW OF
THE CHALLENGES THAT WELFARE
POSES THE STATE. FOLLOWED BY A
PANEL OF KEY STATE LEADERS WHO
ARE DIRECTING THE STATE'S
EFFORTS. AND WE'LL CLOSE WITH
THE STAKEHOLDER PANEL
REPRESENTING DIVERSE INTERESTS.
THESE PANELISTS REPRESENT THE
EFFORTS OF SO MANY PEOPLE OUT
THERE ON THE GROUND. AS I DO
WANT TO THANK THE PANELISTS BUT
ALSO THAT WHO THEY REPRESENT. I
APPRECIATE THEM SHARING THEIR
INSIGHTS AND PERSPECTIVES I KNOW
ALL OF OUR PARTICIPANTS TODAY
ARE VERY BUSY AND THEIR TIME
HERE IS APPRECIATED. WITH THAT
I'D LIKE TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES
ALLOWING MY SENATE COLLEAGUES
THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THEIR
OWN OPENING REMARKS. TO ANY OF
OUR MEMBERS HAVE. ISTER SIRED. I
THANK YOU- SO IT WHEN WE'RE
DOING FIRE PLANTS IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT THAT- IS THAT THE
STEPS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN- HAVE
ALREADY BEEN TAKEN. AND THAT'S
ORGANIZING AND PLANNING AND NEAR
NOW IT'S KIND OF TIME TO
EXECUTE. AND I THINK IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT IN THE EXECUTION OF
THIS THAT WE MAKE SURE WE
IDENTIFY THESE BARRIERS AND LIKE
YOU HAD MENTIONED- HOPEFULLY ONE
OF THE OUTCOMES OF THIS HEARING
IS THAT WE IDENTIFY BARRIERS-
THAT ARE. ARE HOLDING THE
PROCESS UP. BECAUSE AT THE END
OF THE DAY- THAT'S THE IMPORTANT
PART IS GETTING ON THE GROUND
DOING ACTUAL CLEARANCE AND THE
LAND AND THE FUEL MANAGEMENT.
AND ALSO HAVING A PLACE TO TAKE
THE FUEL AFTER IT'S MANAGED. SO
SO ANYWAY LOOK FORWARD TO
HEARING- WHAT THOSE UPDATES ARE.
AND HOW WE CAN BETTER SERVE- THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO GET
INTO THE- EXECUTE A PLAN FOR US
HERE. AND SO- I APPRECIATE THAT
ALL OF THE SPEAKERS MAKING
THEMSELVES AVAILABLE TODAY- TO
GIVE US THAT UPDATE THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VICE CHAIR SARA CENTER
LATER. THANK YOU- I FEEL LIKE I
SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE OFF THE BAT
THE COGNITIVE DISSIDENCE. ARE OF
BEING ON NPR LIVE THIS MORNING
AT FIVE O'CLOCK TALKING ABOUT
THE ELEVENTH ATMOSPHERIC RIVER
IN THE FACT THAT TO LIVE IN MY
DISTRICT IS GOING TO BREAK IN A
SECOND PLACE IN A MATTER OF
HOURS. AND THAT. THAT WE ARE IN
THE MIDDLE OF SOME OF THE MOST
DRAMATIC. WET STORMS IN MODERN
TIMES. AND I LEFT THAT TO COME
TO HEARING ON FIRE. YET IT IS I
THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
ISN'T TOTALLY UNDERSTOOD. IS
THAT WHEN WE HAVE WET SEASONS
THERE'S INCREDIBLE GRASS AND
THINGS. CREATED AND WE COULD
FIND IF THE RAIN STOPS IN THE
NEXT WEEK OR TWO. THAT WE HAVE
AN EARLY FIRE SEASON DUE TO THE
GRASSLANDS THAT CATCH FIRE DUE
TO ALL THIS WET WEATHER THAT
WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW. AND IT
MAKES THIS HEARING VERY
APPROPRIATE. AND I JUST WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE A BIT OF WHAT THE
CHAIR SAID AT THE OUTSET. AND
THAT IS THE FIRE PROGRAM OF THE
STATE FOR MANY YEARS WAS
WHATEVER WE PUT IN THE BUDGET
THAT YEAR. AND THE END SO IF IT
TURNED OUT TO BE A DOWN BUDGET
YEAR WE DIDN'T HAVE A BIG FIRE
PREVENTION PROGRAM THAT YEAR
ORDERS BIGGS AND OTHERS. AND DID
MINISTRATION STEP FORWARD WITH
GOALS OF ACRES TO BE TREATED
THANKS TO BE DONE AND WHAT SB
FOUR FIFTY SIX DID IN TWENTY
TWENTY ONE. WAS BASICALLY PUT
THOSE GOALS INTO STATUTE. CREATE
THE TASKFORCE. AND GIVE IT THE
POWER TO ADAPTIVELY MANAGE AND
TO SHIFT BASED ON WHAT
SUCCESSFUL AND THE NUMBER OF
ACRES TREATED. AND I THINK IN
THE HEARING TODAY I'M VERY
GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE WITNESSES
AND I THINK ONE OF MY QUESTIONS
WILL BE. TO BE VERY PRECISE ON
HOW WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THAT
WHERE ARE WE ARE THE REPORTS. IN
THE LEGISLATION BEEN SUBMITTED
IS THE TRANSPARENCY WHICH FOR
THE FIRST TIME WAS IN THAT BILL
WASN'T WHAT THE NEWS REPORTED.
THERE'S ACTUALLY NOW AN INTERNAL
TRANSPARENCY FROM THE STATE ON
ACRES TREATED AND THE EFFORTS
THAT DIDN'T EXIST BEFORE. AND SO
I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THE
HEARING BECAUSE I WANT TO KNOW
WHAT THE IMPLEMENTATION IS SO
THAT WE KNOW THAT WE ARE MOVING
FORWARD BEFORE WERE IN THE NEXT.
DROUGHT YEAR AND BEFORE WE'RE IN
A MAJOR FIRE SEASON SO I ALSO
REALLY WANT TO THANK THE CHAIR.
AND THE COMMITTEE STAFF FOR
PUTTING THIS TOGETHER BECAUSE I
THINK IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT
TOPIC THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME
MAKE SOME OPENING COMMENTS THANK
YOU CENTER LATER. THEIR MARKS-
ANY OTHER MARKS. RIGHT THEN WITH
THAT WE HEAR FROM OUR PANEL.
PARTICIPATING PROFESSOR JOHN
BATTLES FROM UC BERKELEY WHO
WILL PROVIDE A GENERAL OVERVIEW
ON THE STATE WELFARE IN
CALIFORNIA. I WELCOME PROFESSOR
REBELS. THANK YOU CENTERMAN. ME
JUST GET MY- HERE.
YES I THINK SENATOR YOUR
EXPERIENCE IS PROBABLY SIMILAR
MIND. SHARING COMMITTEES
COMPOSED OF SMART INDEPENDENT
AND DIVERSE MEMBERS. THAT WHEN
YOU GET COMPLETE AGREEMENT ON
ANY ISSUE. IT'S SOMETHING
SPECIAL AND YOU PAY ATTENTION.
EMPHASIZE ADVISORY PANEL WHICH I
CO CHAIR FOR THE WILD POINT
WHERE HE'S GOING TO TASK FORCE.
ONE OF OUR OUR OUR PRIORITY
RECOMMENDATION ONE THAT THE
ENTIRE COMMITTEE AGREES UPON IT
COMES UP AGAIN AND AGAIN. NOW
DISCUSSIONS THAT. THE PRIORITY
FOR US WE WANT TO PROTECT
COMMUNITIES PROTECT FIREFIGHTERS
AND PROTECT OUR LANDSCAPES IS
THAT WE HAVE TO MANAGE HIGH
SEVERITY FIRE- THAT IS SORT OF
OUR OUR MAJOR CITY I THINK OF
ONE GOAL THAT WE WOULD. WE WOULD
WE PUT OUT THERE IS THAT WE NEED
TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET A
HANDLE ON THE HIGH SEVERITY
FIRE. LET ME STEP BACK AND GIVE
YOU SOME CONTEXT FOR THIS
RECOMMENDATION. THIS IS A RECENT
FIRE HAS SEVERITY ZONES THAT
CALIFORNIA AND STATE JUST PUT
OUT- FOR TWENTY TWENTY TWO AND
IT'S REMARKABLE IT SHOWS THAT
WILDFIRE IS A SHARED THREAT-
ACROSS THE STATE WITH JUST THE
STATE RESPONSIBILITY OR NOT
INCLUDING ALL THE FEDERAL LANDS.
MORE THAN HALF THE STATE IS
EXPOSED TO VERY HIGH FIRE
HAZARD- THAT IS- I SHARED THREAT
IF THAT'S THAT OF ALL
CALIFORNIANS- WHETHER YOU'RE IN
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA SHARE AND THEN I
THINK THAT'S THE IMPETUS FOR THE
TASK FORCE IN THE ATTENTION FROM
FROM BOTH THE STATE AND FEDERAL
GOVERNMENTS ON THIS ISSUE. NOW
WELL IS PART OF THE CALIFORNIA
EXPERIENCE WE HAVE A CLIMATE
THAT HAS WARM TO HOT AND DRY
SUMMERS OF THOSE CONDITIONS FOR
VEGETATION ANYTHING ELSE
DIFFERENT ACTIVE TO BURN THE
LANDSCAPE- THIS IS AGAIN ANOTHER
SHARED ASPECT. OF BEING IN
CALIFORNIA I BY OUR BIOGEOGRAPHY
SUPPORTS FIRE AND FIRE IS SORT
OF PART OF OUR SYSTEMS. HOWEVER
WE HAD TO WE HAD MULTIPLE FIRES
YOU BUT THEY REALLY BREAK DOWN
INTO TWO. DISTINCT REGIONS OVER
THINKING ABOUT FIRE WILDFIRE. OF
FUEL REDUCTIONS AND WILDFIRE
MANAGEMENT WE HAVE TO THINK
ABOUT THESE TWO REGIONS- IN MUCH
AMERICANA FOR FORCING A FORCING
GENERAL THROUGHOUT THE STATE- IN
THE FOR SEVERE WE HAVE TOO MUCH
FIRE. THAT TO ME TOO LITTLE FIRE
THEY'VE BEEN BURNING WE HAVE
WE'VE SUPPRESSED FIRES FOR OVER
A CENTURY. AND WE HAD THAT THESE
ARE FREQUENT FIRE SYSTEMS AND WE
HAVEN'T HAD THOSE FREQUENT LOW
INTENSITY FIRES BURNED SO WE'RE
CREATING CONDITIONS. FOR HIGH
SEVERITY FIRE. IN CONTRAST
SOUTHERN. IN THE- SYSTEMS- WE
HAVE TOO MUCH FIRE THESE ARE
SYSTEMS THAT ARE NATURALLY HIGH
SEVERITY. BUT IMPORTING TOO
FREQUENTLY AND THAT ALSO LEADS
TO PROBLEMS IN TERMS OF THEIR
RESILIENCE GOING FORWARD. I
GUESS THERE'S A LITTLE
BACKGROUND SO WE HAVE ONE WE
CALL THIS THE FREQUENT FIRE
REGIME THESE ARE TYPICAL OF MUCH
OF OUR CONFERENCE FORCING EVEN
OUR OAK WOODLAND FORCE
THROUGHOUT THE STATE. AND WE
CONSIDER THESE TO BE FUEL
DOMINATED MEANING THAT THE
VEGETATION THERE THE TREES THE
LATER THE STICKS ON THE GROUND
THESE THINGS THAT COME BUST.
THESE REALLY DRIVE FIRE BEHAVIOR
THAT THEY YOU HAVE TO HAVE A
SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF FUEL SO
WHEN YOU HAVE AN IGNITION FOR
FIRE TO SPREAD AND IF YOU HAVE
TOO MUCH FUEL. THAT FIRE SPREAD
FASTER AND FARTHER IN BURNS
HIGHER THEN THEN IS- DIFFICULT
FOR THESE SYSTEMS. IN CONTRAST
WERE MORE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
THAT THAT THE TYPICAL FIRE
REGIME IS INFREQUENT HIGH
SEVERITY FIRE. THESE TROUBLING
YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PICTURE HERE
THE PROBABILITY OF HIGH SEVERITY
FIRE WHICH IS VERY HIGH HERE
THESE ARE THESE ARE BASICALLY
MAPPING OUT THE BEST ROBLIN'S.
OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA- THESE
ARE VERY THESE AREN'T SO MUCH
FUEL DRIVEN THEY WILL BURN WHEN
THEY HAVE A TECHNICIAN.
PARTICULARLY WILL BURN HOT AND
SEVERE. WHEN THERE ARE FROM OUR
WINGS THERE- THEY'RE NOT SO MUCH
LIMITED BY THE FUELS BECAUSE
EUROPE IS ENOUGH VEGETATION HERE
TO BURN UNDER THESE CONDITIONS.
I REALLY IMPORTANT POINT ANOTHER
GENERAL POINT ABOUT FIRE IN
CALIFORNIA. IS A HIGH WINDS NO
MATTER WHAT DRIVES THEM AND
WHERE THEY OCCUR- INCREASE THAT
THE HIGH SEVERITY FIRE. THIS IS
A RECENT PAPER FROM COLLEAGUES
AT THAT- AND CAR SHOWING OKAY WE
HAVE THESE THESE BIG WHAT ONE
HEROES HERE IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA THE SANTA ANA WINDS
USES THESE WINDS COMING FROM THE
SEAS ARE KNOWN TO BE. SOURCES OF
CATASTROPHIC FIRE IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
WE CALLED AND I HAVE A WAYS
AGAIN SIMILAR SORT OF HIGH WIND
SITUATIONS THAT IF YOU HAVE A
MISSION. IF YOU'RE LIKE WE GET A
HIGH SEVERITY FIRE BUT ANY KIND
OF SORT OF NGUYEN GRADIENTS IN
THEIR COMPLEX IN CALIFORNIA BUT
WHENEVER YOU HAVE HIGH WINDS.
THAT'S A THAT'S AN ADDED A
DRIVER OF HIGH. SEVERITY FIRE.
AND OF COURSE. THE MAN. IS VERY
LITTLE CAN DO A- THE THESE
NGUYEN PASS BUT THEY THEY NEED
TO CONSIDER WHEN WE THINK ABOUT.
HOW TO MANAGE HIGH SEVERITY FIRE
. THIS IS REALLY TRUE STRATEGY
STRATEGIES HAVE TO BE SEPARATED
WE HAVE TWO MACHINES WE HAVE TO
HAVE TO STRATEGIES AS I
MENTIONED. THE CHAPARRAL SYSTEMS
TYPICALLY BURN INFREQUENTLY ON
THE ORDER OF THIRTY TO FORTY
YEARS. AND WHEN THEY DO BURN
THEY BURN AT HIGH SEVERITY INTO
HIM WITH HIGH SEVERITY MEANING
THAT GREATER THAN 80% OF THE
PLANS THERE BERMAN SELLING THIS
HOP HERE WE SEE A- A CHAPARRAL
FIRED IT BURNS THROUGH THE
CANOPY. BUT FOR THE FOR THE
LANDSCAPE AFTER HIGH SEVERITY
FIRE THIS IS SORT OF TYPICAL IN
IN THE PLANTS HAVE ADAPTED TO
THIS PANEL QUICKLY REACHED OUT
AND RECOVER. SO HIGH SEVERITY
FIRES IS A PART OF THE SYSTEM
FOR THE CHAPARRAL AND THE IN
THIS THE SYSTEM WILL WE COVER.
HOWEVER THAT'S THAT'S FOR THE
LANDSCAPE BUT HIGH SEVERITY FIRE
STILL POSES A RISK. TO THE
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE ADJACENT.
TO THE SYSTEM AND SO WE HAVE TO
MANAGE. IN CONTRAST IN IN MY OF
THESE THE AT THE FORCES SYSTEMS
WHERE WE HAVE FREQUENT LOW TO
MODERATE INTENSITY FIRE. THESE
THE HIGH INTENSITY FIRES WERE
GETTING ARE ARE COMPLETELY
ATYPICAL. I'M THIS IS A PICTURE
AGAIN OF THE- I GUESS THE CASTLE
FIRE WILL WE SEE A GIANT SEQUOIA
WHICH- WHICH WHICH- REALLY IS
VERY FIRE RESISTANT SEPARATES
NOT RESISTANT TO THESE EXTREME
FIRES. AND WE GET. BOTH DANGER
TO THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO DANGER
TO THE ENVIRONMENT. AFTER THESE
HIGH SEVERITY FIRES THE RECOVERY
OF THESE FOUR SYSTEMS. IT IS
MUCH MORE IN DEPTH- AND IS MUCH
SLOWER IT'S NOT THESE ARE NOT
TYPICAL. FOR THE SYSTEM SO. WE
HAD THESE RESPONSES THE HIGH
SEVERITY IS A GENERAL THREAT TO
THE COMMUNITIES OF THE GENERAL
THREAT TO THE FIREFIGHTERS THAT
TRYING PREVENT THEM. AND THEY
HAVE TWO DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS
FOR WHAT'S GOING ON IN TERMS OF
LANDSCAPE RESILIENCE AND WE NEED
TO KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN WE
THINK ABOUT. YOU KNOW OUR
SUPPRESSION OUR STRATEGIES. TO
MANAGE THESE FIVE. I IN A
CHAPARRAL. THERE'S TWO THINGS
YOU CAN DO THANK REDUCING FEELS
THE- THEY'RE NOW. FUEL DOMON.
REDUCING FUEL DOES NOT HAVE MUCH
IMPACT ON THE FIRE REGION BUT
THE TWO THINGS WE CAN. LIMIT AND
CONTROL OUR IGNITION. AND
SPREAD. THIS MAP HERE IS THE IS
THE- A MAP OF THE MISSION
PROBABILITY AGAIN FOR SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA WITH A DARKER IT WAS
A REDDER COLORS BEING HIGHER
FREQUENCY OF THE NEXT ELECTIONS.
AGAIN YOU CAN SEE THIS
TROUBLESOME PROBLEM WHERE WE SAW
HIGH SEVERITY FIRE I PROBABLY
HIGH SEVERITY PROP FIRE WE ALSO
HAVE. A HIGH PROBABILITY OF
HUMAN IGNITIONS IN IN THESE
LARGELY ARE FROM- ALONG ROAD
RACES SPARKS FROM MACHINERY AND
CARS AND VEHICLES. THAT SPARK
FROM THE ROAD GET INTO THE WILD
LANDS- BIG NIGHT DRY FUEL AND
THEN SPREAD. THE SECOND PARTY
AND I THINK PERHAPS YEAH NO. I
THE CHALLENGING PART WERE
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IS THAT THIS
IDEA OF HOW DO YOU PREVENT
SPREAD. IF THE CHAPARRAL SYSTEMS
NATURALLY BURN A HIGH SEVERITY
HOW DO YOU STOP THAT HIGH
SEVERITY SPREAD FROM SUPPRESSION
TWENTY SO IT DOESN'T ENDANGER
COMMUNITIES. AND ONE OF THEM IS
ARE THESE. THESE FUEL BREAKS
ALONG RIDGELINES AND OTHER
PLACES WHERE- YOU CAN SLOW THE
FIRE WHERE YOU PROVIDE CONDUITS
AND ACCESS FOR FIREFIGHTERS. BUT
THESE SORT OF THESE FUEL BREAKS
YOUR LEGACY LOS PADRES. ARE
CONTROVERSIAL- THAT SCIENCE HERE
TO FROM DEPARTING KEELEY AND
OTHER FOLKS. COMES DOWN ON THE
SIDE THAT THAT THEY DON'T STOP
EVERY FIRE BUT THEY ARE
GENERALLY BENEFICIAL BUT IS
CLEARLY A FLASHPOINT- FOR
CONTROVERSY MANAGEMENT IN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BECAUSE
THESE FEEL GREAT STUPA. REYES
OTHER RISKS IN TERMS OF.
INVASIVE SPECIES GETTING
ESTABLISHED- AND AGAIN THEY
DON'T ALWAYS STOP A FIRE BUT
THEY. OFTEN ARE CRUCIAL TO
LIMITING THE SPREAD. BUT IF WE
CAN FIVE BUT IF DEAL. OF FORCE
OF. HI RESUMES OF THE FOR
THROUGHOUT- WE HAVE SORT OF I
THINK MUCH OF. GREAT CONSENSUS
AMONG NEED TO DO. WE NEED TO
REDUCE THE FUEL RODS- WE CAN
REDUCE THOSE FUEL LOS BETWEEN
PRESCRIBED FIRE OR MECHANICAL
THINNING AND MASTICATION- BUT
BOTH OF THESE PROCESSES THAT. WE
MOVE THAT THE BUYING FEELS THAT
THE FUEL THAT BURKE QUICKLY AND
BURN HOT AND- THIS REDUCTION IS
PROVEN AND HAS A LOT OF
SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE THAT IT'S
EFFECTIVE WAY. TO AGAIN REDUCE
THE CHANCES OF HIGH SEVERITY
FIRE IT DOESN'T REDUCE THE
CHANCE OF FIRE OF LOW INTENSITY
FIRES REYES LESSON FACT BUT WHAT
WHEN THE SPIES DO BURN. THE BURN
IN A LOWER INTENSITY AND
THEREFORE NOT AT THIS HIGH
SEVERITY THAT AGAIN. RESPONSE
COMMUNITIES FIREFIGHTERS. IN THE
LANDSCAPES. AND OF COURSE ALL OF
THIS IS THE MEASURE THIS IS NOT
AN EITHER OR- WE ALSO NEED TO.
ON FOR THE CA. THAT LIVE NEAR
THESE FIRE PRONE LANDSCAPES
AGAIN WHETHER YOU'RE FORCED FOR
CHAPARRAL IS YOUR WHILE THE
NEIGHBOR THERE'S MUCH WE HAVE TO
DO WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES FROM
HOME HARDENING. THE VEGETATION
CLEARANCE AROUND HOMES THE
PLANNING THAT WE- LIMIT THE
CHANCES THAT THESE FIRES WILL
GET INTO OUR COMMUNITIES AND-
BECAUSE DESTRUCTION IN IN RESCUE
AND LYFT AND THEN. OF COURSE THE
CHALLENGE WE FACE IS THAT WE
CURRENTLY HAVE AS I SAID. MORE
THAN HALF THE STATE IS A VERY
HIGH RISK YOU KNOW VERY HIGH
HAZARD IN TERMS OF FIRE. AND
CLIMATE IS WARMING. AND IT WILL
CONTINUE TO WARM- NO MATTER WHAT
WE DO FOR THE NEXT TWENTY OR
THIRTY YEARS WITH EMISSIONS AS A
AS A AS A- PEOPLE. WE ARE NOT
GOING TO THESE SOME OF THESE.
INCREASES IN WARMING ARE SIMPLY
BAKED INTO OUR SYSTEM AND SO
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE- CONTINUE TO
HAVE. YOU KNOW A WARMING CLIMATE
GOING FOR. HOW DO WE BANISTER
YOU KNOW HERE IS A GRAPH OF OUR
FROM NINETEEN NINETY TO TWENTY
TWENTY TWO OF ACRES BURNED PER
YEAR IN CALIFORNIA- STANDS
ABOUT. TWENTY TWO ONE TWENTY
TWELVE THAT WE HAVE A RISING
LAMB OF INCREASING AREA BURKE.
SO HOW DO WE BEND THIS CURVE SO
WE GET IT UNDER CONTROL. ONE
THAT'S ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL THAT
WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER THE
DAYS OF HAVING MANAGERS WORKING
ONE SILO POLICY MAKERS WORKING
ANOTHER AND THE SCIENTISTS
WORKING ANOTHER. MECHANIC GOT A
NEW THINGS TOGETHER ENOUGH AND
THE SLOW ON IN AN INTEGRATED WAY
IT'S JUST. THAT THAT DOESN'T
WORK FAST ENOUGH IT DOESN'T WORK
EFFECTIVELY ENOUGH WE ALL HAVE
TO BE IN THIS TOGETHER WE HAVE
TO WORK TOGETHER ON THIS. WE
ALSO HAVE TO LEARN FASTER-
BECAUSE THE CLIMATE KEEPS
CHANGING THAT MEANS CONDITIONS
KEEP CHANGING SO OUR
UNDERSTANDING CONSTANTLY NEEDS
TO BE UPDATED. THAT MEANS THERE
NEEDS NEEDS TO BE REAL AND
SUSTAINED INVESTMENT. IN
MONITORING AND EVALUATION AND
THEN A WILLINGNESS TO ADJUST OUR
PRACTICES AS WE LEARN- AND
FINALLY. AND I THINK IT'S AN
EARLIER MENTIONED. IN THE
BEGINNING IN HIS OPENING
COMMENTS WE NEED TO KEEP THAT.
THIS IS NOT A ONE SHOT. THAT GET
IT DONE IN TWENTY TWENTY FIVE
AND STEP BACK. THIS NEEDS TO BE
ANNUAL INVESTMENTS TO BUILD THIS
RESILIENCE INTO OUR SYSTEM. AND
MAINTAINING GOING FOR. THANK CAN
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR- THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR PRESENTATION
PROFESSOR BATTLES- WOMAN MOVE TO
CALL. DURING MY COLLEAGUE HAVE
QUITE FOR SERVICE ABOUT. UP I
HAD A QUESTION REGARDING. THE
CHAPARRAL AND FUEL- AND YOU SAID
IT WASN'T IMPORTANT. YEAH REDUCE
FUEL LOADING CHAPARRAL. IT HAS
IT HAS. HAD LIMITED IMPACT IN
TERMS OF RESTRICT OF PREVENTING
US HIGH SEVERITY FIRE IN IN
CHAPARRAL SAYS ALL RIGHT IS
THERE A LOT OF AMBER- TRAVELED
WITH. WOULD CHAPARRAL WHEN IT'S
ON WHEN IT. WHEN THERE'S A FIRE
. WELL ESPECIALLY ESPECIALLY
WHEN HIGH WINDS THAT IS REALLY
THE IF THE WINGS THAT MOVIE
EMBERS ON WE HAVE KEEP TYLER
HERE WHO'S REALLY THE EXPERT ON
THIS RIGHT. DEFINITELY A PROBLEM
BECAUSE THAT'S A- I THINK THAT'S
SOMETHING THAT. WE DON'T WANT TO
GIVE THE IMPRESSION THAT THAT IS
NOT AN IMPORTANT. PART OF THE
COMMUNITY PLANNING BECAUSE WHEN
YOU HAVE WILL WE AREAS. AND YOU
HAVE AMBER TRAVEL- HAVING A 50%
REDUCTION IN SOME AREAS WILL
ABSOLUTELY BE BENEFICIAL- TO
BEING ABLE TO CONTROL ALONG WITH
SOME FIRE BREAKS AND THINGS LIKE
THAT- SO I JUST DON'T WANT MY
COLLEAGUES TO THINK THAT- WE
DON'T NEED TO INVEST IN. AND
ENSURING THAT THOSE AREAS HAVE
FUEL MANAGING ALSO- BECAUSE-
THERE ARE A LOT OF AREAS DOWN
SEVEN CALIFORNIA WHERE THESE
AREAS ARE BUILT INTO THE
COMMUNITIES. AND THERE'S A
THERE'S A THOUGHT THAT YOU CAN'T
TOUCH THEM- THERE'S YOU HAVE TO
GO THROUGH ALL KINDS OF PERMITS
EVEN WALK THROUGH THEM. AND YEAH
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE PROBLEMS
THAT WE'RE HAVING IN COMMUNITIES
IS THESE LITTLE OPEN SPACE
AREAS- WHEN THE EMBERS GET IN
THERE. THEY ALSO- THAT BIG
NIGHT. AND WHEN THERE'S LESS
FEEL- IT'S A LOT EASIER TO-
CONTROL THOSE FIRES- THEN- WHEN
IT'S BEEN OVER GROWN- LIKE A LOT
OF THE SHAFT. THE OPENING
CHAPARRAL AREAS ARE- THEY CAN
GET THE SIX TO TEN FOOT. THAT
GROWTH AND THAT'S CERTAINLY. A
LOT IN AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS AND
YOU HAVE A HOUSES AROUND IT. AND
THEN YOU HAVE WINDS AND- AND AN
AMBER TRAVEL THAT'S HOW YOU BURN
UP HOUSES IN THE MIDDLE OF. OF
THESE THESE THAT COMMUNITIES
THAT ARE NOT EVEN NEAR THE
BRUSH. FROM THANK YOU. THANK YOU
VICE CHAIR- DURING MY COLLEAGUES
HAVE. QUESTIONS ARE I HAVE A FEW
QUESTIONS FOR YOU PROFESSOR
BATTLES AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TESTIMONY I GUESS THE FIRST
QUESTION IS. WHETHER ONE MILLION
ACRES IS THE RIGHT NUMBER IT'S A
NICE ROUND NUMBER OBVIOUSLY BUT
. DOES THAT REFLECT. THE GOAL
THAT WE SHOULD HAVE FOR THIS
SHOULD NUMBER BE OR LOWER SIR
WHAT'S YOUR ON THAT NUMBER. WELL
I THINK YOU KNOW FORMA THIS IS
PERSPECTIVE IT'S NOT SO MUCH THE
ACRES IT'S WHAT YOU DO AND THOSE
ACRES RIGHT- AND SO IT IS A GOOD
SOLID ACCOUNTING. OF WHAT'S
GOING ON BUT YOU KNOW. THAT HOW
YOU TREAT THOSE ACRES DEPENDS
ON- YOU KNOW THAT THEIR THEIR
EFFICACY IN REDUCING HIGH
SEVERITY FIRE IN WHERE YOU PUT
THEM. AND SO I THINK A MILLION
ACRES IS UP A GOOD START AND
WE'RE NOT THERE YET. I THINK WE
GET HIM ON A I MEAN AGAIN THAT
GETS BACK TO MY IDEA OF. OF
LEARNING FAST IS THAT WE HAVE TO
KNOW WE'VE NEVER DONE NO ONE
MILLION ACRES BEFORE TREATMENT
ACROSS THE LANDSCAPE AND IF WE
CAN PUT HIM OUT THERE. LET'S PUT
IT OUT THERE THAT'S THE FIRST
GOAL. SEE HOW THEY DO AND THEN
BE READY TO EVALUATE AS WE GO
FORWARD BUT WE ARE THE TASK
FORCE IS ALSO SORT OF EVALUATING
PEOPLE EVERY TOOK THIS NINE ACRE
TARGET OFF. WHAT WOULD WE NEED
AND IS CURRENTLY- SCIENCE PANEL-
CITED BY JAPAN ON OTHER FOLKS
ARE INVOLVED BOB IS. THINKING
BEYOND THE MILLION ACRE
STRATEGY. BUT AGAIN WE HAVE THIS
TARGET. LET'S GET OUT THERE- WE
HAVE COMMITMENTS FROM BOTH THE
FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS TO
DO IT. AND UNLESS MAKERS CFC
WHAT IT DOES AND THAT'S ALSO
PART OF THIS EVALUATION. WE'VE
NEVER DONE THIS AT. THIS SCALE
BEFORE. THANK YOU FOR. OF THESE
. STICKING WITH ONE MILLION
ACRES. MINDERS IS THAT WERE
ACCOUNT FOR THIS IS THE- REACH.
THE SAME ACRE OVER NO WILL
COUNT. FOR MULTIPLE SO IF YOU RE
TREAT THE SAME MAKER THREE TIMES
THAT COUNTS FOR THREE ACRES. IS
THAT IT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE
SCOPE OF THE- GEOGRAPHY THAT WE
WANT TO TREAT WHAT'S THE RIGHT
AMOUNT OF ACRES THAT WE'RE
ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THAT IN YOUR
MIND. WELL SOME ESTIMATES THAT
IS TWENTY MILLION ACRES. OF
FEDERAL AND STATE LAND IN
CALIFORNIA THAT NEEDS SOME KIND
OF FUEL REDUCTION EFFORT AND SO.
THAT'S WHY SAID KEEP AT IT IT'S
A- IT'S A- YOU KNOW WE HAVE
TWENTY MILLION ACRES MEDIA
MILLION A YEAR. THAT'S YOU KNOW
THAT'S TWENTY YEARS BUT THIS
IDEA OF RETREATING- AGAIN IF
YOU. IS NOT THERE WILL BE
TREATED THREE TIMES IN ONE GO
BUT- MAYBE THE FIRST CENTURY IS
GOING IN THERE TO REDUCE SOME OF
THE- THAT THE OF THE OF. THE
MECHANICAL VENTS MECHANICAL
MACHINERY TO REMOVE SOME OF THAT
. YOU ALSO IT'S SAFE TO GO THERE
WITH THE PRESCRIBED FIRE THEN
YOU FOLLOW UP WITH A PRESCRIBED
FIRE- SO THAT'S THOSE ARE TWO
SEPARATE EVENTS TWO SEPARATE
EFFORTS AND SO WHEN YOU GO INTO
DEFENDING THE SECOND YOU'RE
COMING TO THE PRESCRIBED. FIRE
IN TERMS OF ACCOUNTING FOR. FOUR
ACRES TO EACH WILL HAVE AN
IMPACT ON REDUCING FIRE SEVERITY
OF WITH THAT SECOND SECOND ROUND
IF YOU MISS EVEN MAKING IT LOWER
THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING BACK TO
SAID IT IS NOT JUST A MATTER OF.
OF HOW MANY ACRES YOU TREAT BUT
HOW EFFECTIVELY SO- ACRE THAT'S
BEEN BOTH THE END. AND HAS A
PRESCRIBED FIRE AFTER IT WILL BE
A BETTER INTERNET OF WILL REDUCE
HIGH SEVERITY FIRE MORE
EFFECTIVELY THAN. JUST A SINGLE
TREATMENT AND SO THAT'S WHY
THIS. YOU KNOW IT SEEMS LIKE
WE'RE DOUBLE COUNTING BY IF YOU.
KEEP THEM AS INDEPENDENT AND YOU
HAVE A SEPARATE YOU KNOW AS YOU
GO FORWARD. THOSE ARE ACTUALLY
PART OF GOOD. TO FEEL THE
DOCTRINE MANAGEMENT TO DO THOSE
SEQUENTIAL TREATMENTS OVER TIME.
THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION
FOR HIS ARRIVALS. WE HAVE LOTS
OF QUESTIONS BUT FOR INTERESTS
OF TIME. I THINK WILL- AND THE
QUESTIONING. NOW BUT- YOUR TIME
TODAY. YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE THE
TASK FORCE SCIENCE BY. PANEL
WITH THAT. WILL MOVE TOWARDS.
PAN WILL HEAR FROM
ADMINISTRATION FIRST. OUR FIRST
PRESENTER IS PATRICK WRIGHT THE
DIRECTOR OF THE CALIFORNIA
WILDFIRE AND FOREST RESILIENCE
TASK FORCE. WELCOME DIRECTOR
RIGHT. THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR
AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE-
WHAT I'M GOING TO TRY TO DO IS
WALK YOU THROUGH. HOW THE TASK
FORCE IS ORGANIZED AT SOME OF
THE KEY ELEMENTS OF THE PLAN AS
YOU SUGGESTED SOME OF OUR MAJOR.
ISSUES AND CHALLENGES MOVING
FORWARD. SO HOPEFULLY I CAN GET
MY. CHAU RULING HERE.
THERE WE GO- ME SEE IF I COULD.
THANK YOU ALL- AS THE AS- IF YOU
NOTED MISTER CHAIR- WE STARTED
IN JANUARY TWENTY TWENTY ONE.
ALL WITH A COMPREHENSIVE
WILDFIRE FORCED RESILIENCE
ACTION PLAN. YOUR PRESENTATION
AT THE MOMENT CONSUMER.
WE'RE WORKING ON TECHNICAL
DIFFICULTIES- TO PROCREATE
BECAUSE TODAY'S FRIDAY AND
EVERYTHING SHOULD BE IRRATIONAL
. THANK YOU I'LL BE HERE ALL
WEEK. YEAH. ALL RIGHT- AND YOU
WANT TO JUST GO ON WITH YOUR
PRESENT POSITION YOU SHOULD HAVE
THE- RIGHT YEAH WE HAVE THE
PRINT OUTS IN FRONT OF US SO IF
YOU LIKE TO PROCEED DIRECTOR IF
YOU KNOW YOUR THANK YOU- AS AS
YOU MENTIONED AT THE OUTSET WE
PRODUCED- IN ACTION PLAN IN
JANUARY TWENTY TWENTY ONE THAT
LAYS OUT A COMPREHENSIVE SET OF
MEASURES THAT WE NEED TO PUT IN
PLACE TO TRY TO ACHIEVE OUR
MILLION ACRE TARGET AND BEYOND-
AND MOST IMPORTANT INCLUDES
NINETY NINE SPECIFIC ACTIONS. OF
THE WITH CLEAR DEADLINES CLEAR
ACCOUNTABILITY FROM THE AGENCIES
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON TRACK
AND MAKING PROGRESS WITH- WITH
THOSE TARGETS ON AND NOW SHORTLY
FOLLOWED I THINK YOU CENTER
LAYERED WITH A- STATUE JUST
BEFORE FIVE SIX. THAT LAYS OUT
IN CLEAR DETAIL ON THE
LEGISLATORS ARE EXPECTATIONS
WITH RESPECT TO IMPLEMENTATION
OF THE PLAN DOES REQUIRE A
NUMBER OF REPORTS VOTE ANNUALLY
IN A FIVE YEAR UPDATE- ALL THAT
IS COMING TOGETHER THIS SPRING
WE'VE ACTUALLY GOT A NUMBER OF
LEGISLATIVE REPORTS THAT. ARE
DUE THIS SPRING THAT WE'RE
TRYING TO ALIGN TO MAKE SURE YOU
GET THE INFORMATION YOU NEED-
AND THAT WE HAVE THE KIND OF
TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
THAT YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR- AS
FAR AS THE TEN. FOR ORGANISER
IT'S- REMAIN UP OF THE EXACT
GIVE ME THAT IN HE INCLUDES A
KEY FEDERAL STATE LOCAL TRIBAL
LEADERS WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
THAT THIS NOT SIMPLY BE A STATE
DRIVEN TASK FORCE BUT THAT WE
HAVE FEDERAL ON AND LOCAL AND
TRIBAL PARTNERS AT THE TABLE
WITH US. JPR STRATEGIES- IS
DOCTOR BATTLE SAID WE HAVE A
SCIENCE ADVISORY COUNCIL WHICH
HE CO CHAIRS TO MAKE SURE WE
HAVE THE LATEST SCIENTIFIC
INFORMATION DATA AND TOOLS AT
OUR DISPOSAL AND FINALLY WE HAVE
A WIDE RANGE OF INTERAGENCY
WORKGROUPS AND EVERYTHING FROM.
PRESCRIBED HERE TO. WORKFORCE TO
WOOD UTILIZATION AND TO MAKE
SURE WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS ON
EACH OF THE KEY ISSUES ARE THAT
ARE IN FRONT OF US. IN TERMS OF
OUR- PRIORITIES MOVING FORWARD
AND WE CERTAINLY FROM THE OUTSET
WE HAD AN EMPHASIS ON-
OVERSEEING THE NINETEEN NINETY
ACTIONS AND THE ACTION PLAN- WE
DO HAVE A SO CALLED ERROR
PEOPLE. A SPREADSHEET THAT
ANYBODY CAN GO ONLINE AND FIND
OUT WHERE EXACTLY ARE WE ARE
WITH EACH OF THOSE NINETY NINE
ACTIONS NOT ONLY ARE WE- BEHIND
IT HAD IT COMPLETED BUT WHO'S
THE LEAD. WHAT WORK GROUP IS
WORKING ON THAT WHAT ARE THE KEY
ISSUES WHO TO CONTACTED CETERA
SO HOPEFULLY FOLKS ARE GETTING
THE INFORMATION THEY NEED ACROSS
DOZENS OF DIFFERENT AGENCIES AND
ACTIONS. THAT ARE UNDER WAY
WE'RE DOING THE SAME THING WITH
RESPECT TO THE EXPENDITURE PLAN-
IS THE CHAIR MENTIONED- WE'VE-
INVESTED AT THE STATE LEVEL MORE
THAN TWO POINT SIX BILLION
DOLLARS THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY TO
KEEP TRACK OF. BUT WE'RE WORKING
CLOSELY WITH THE NATURAL
RESOURCES AGENCY- TO MAINTAIN A
SERIES OF SPREADSHEETS WHERE YOU
CAN TRACK. HOW MUCH OF THAT
MONEY IS GOING TO WHICH PROGRAMS
HOW MUCH IS GOING TO EACH
REGION- WHAT PROJECTS ARE BEING
COMPLETED AGAIN WITH. AN AYE
TOWARDS A FULL DISCLOSURE OF ALL
THE EFFORTS THAT WE'RE MAKING
ACROSS THE BOARD- AND THEN IN
ADDITION TO TRACKING DOLLARS IN
ACTIONS OF COURSE AS YOU
MENTIONED WE'RE ALSO TRACKING
ACRES- THIS IS PROVED TO BE
QUITE A CHALLENGING EXERCISE
BECAUSE IF YOU'VE ALREADY
DISCUSSED. IT CAN GET REALLY
COMPLICATED WHEN AGENCIES GO IN
SOMETIMES ONCE TWICE THREE TIMES
ON THE SAME PARCEL YOU MIGHT
HAVE A SITUATION WHERE- CAL FIRE
MIGHT GIVE A GRANT TO PLASTER
COUNTY TO DO WORK ON FOREST
SERVICE LAND DID SO. YOU COUNT
THAT ONCE OR THREE TIMES WE'RE
TRYING TO SORT ALL THE WAY
THROUGH THAT SO THAT WE CAN GIVE
YOU A BETTER SET OF ESTIMATES
ON. ON WHAT'S BEING DONE ON THE
GROUND- WE ARE GOING TO DO WERE
CALLED- ESTIMATES ABOUT WHAT
PRINT ACRES WHICH IS HOW MUCH
WORK IS GETTING HOW MANY ACRES
ARE. ARE BEING TREATED ACROSS
THE STATE INDIVIDUALLY NO MATTER
HOW HOW MANY TIMES ARE TREATED
BUT THEY WERE ALSO KEEPING TRACK
OF THOSE NUMBERS OF TREATMENTS
AS YOU HEARD FROM DOCTOR BATTLES
KEEPING TRACK OF BOTH OF THOSE
IS REALLY IMPORTANT. WE'RE NOT
GOING TO REPORT A ONE OR THE
OTHER WE THINK BOTH ARE
IMPORTANT. IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO
KNOW THAT SOME MAKERS TAKE
MULTIPLE TREATMENTS TO BECOME
RESILIENT- BUT IT'S ALSO
IMPORTANT AT THE END OF THE DAY
TO KNOW- WHICH SPECIFIC AREAS
ARE MORE RESILIENT THAN OTHERS-
THERE'S ALSO A ONE EIGHTH THE
SIZE IMPORTANT GOAL OF BACK.
ACRES TREATED EXERCISE IN THE
MAPPING WERE DOING IT'S NOT JUST
TO COUNT THE NUMBER OF ACRES
THAT ARE BEING TREATED. IT'S
ALSO TO GIVE FOLKS IN THE FIELD
A BETTER PICTURE OF WHAT'S
HAPPENING- SO THAT FOR THE FIRST
TIME EVER IF YOU'RE IN ORANGE
COUNTY YOU'LL KNOW WHERE THE
STATE PARKS PROJECTS ARE THE FOR
SERVICE PROJECTS A CAL FIRE
PROJECTS. UTILITY PROJECTS WILL
BEGIN TO HAVE THE KIND OF
COORDINATION AND ALIGNMENT AMONG
THOSE PROJECTS- THAT WE ALL KNOW
WE ALL KNOW THAT WE NEED TO GET
TO. AND THEN TOGETHER WITH THAT
WE'RE DEVELOPING A VERY
AGGRESSIVE MONITORING EVALUATION
PLAN. THAT'S BASED ON BOTH
REMOTE SENSING IN USING. DATA
YOU DRAW AND ALL FEEL DATA. THE
BASED ON ON THE- IT BUT- BOTH
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INDEED.
PROJECTS THEY WORKING ARE THEY
NOT WORKING ARE THEY HAVING
IMPACTS THAT WE NEED TO BE
CONCERNED ABOUT BUT ALSO AT A
LANDSCAPE SCALE TO BE ABLE TO GO
IN. EVERY FEW YEARS AND SAYING
HEY ARE WE MEETING OUR LANDSCAPE
LEVEL GOALS ARE THESE.
LANDSCAPES MORE OR LESS
RESILIENT TO FIRE TO DROUGHT
BIODIVERSITY CARBON STORAGE
FEDERAL SO ALL OF THAT IS COMING
TOGETHER- IS PART OF OUR PROCESS
. IN JUNE. AND THEN IN GENERAL
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THE
TASK FORCE IS MOVE ON. THREE
MAJOR FRONTS TO HELP YOU SORT OF
ORIENT YOURSELF. ONE MAJOR
CRIMES IS A SET OF WHAT WE'RE
CALLING JOINT STRATEGIES. AND
THESE ARE STRATEGIES FOR THINGS
LIKE PRESCRIBED BY YOUR FOR. A
PRIVATE LANDOWNER RESISTANCE OR-
WOOD UTILIZATION AND THE REAL
KEY THEME OF THOSE A JOINT
STRATEGIES ALIGNMENT- AS YOU
HEARD FROM DOCTOR BATTLES
AGENCIES IN THE PAST ATTENDED TO
WORK ON THOSE ISSUES AND
SILENCE. YOU'LL HAVE SEPARATE
EFFORTS ON REFORESTATION EXAMPLE
BY THE FOR SERVICE BY CAL FIRE
BY PRIVATE LANDOWNER WE'RE
BRINGING THEM ALL TOGETHER SO WE
PUT TOGETHER JOINT PLANS OTHER
POINTS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION SO
YOU'LL CONTINUE TO SEE A SET OF
. JOINT STRATEGIES AS WE MOVE AT
- AND SECOND WE'RE A LOT OF
EMPHASIS IS I MAY EARLIER I'M
DATA ON COMING UP WITH THE
TRACKING SYSTEMS ACCOUNTING
SYSTEMS ARE THE TOOLS THAT OUR
REGION THROUGHOUT THE STATE NEED
A TO ADVANCE THERE ARE
STRATEGIES THAT- SO THEY'RE MORE
EFFECTIVE FROM BOTH THE FOREST.
I HEALTH. PERSPECTIVE IT ALSO
COMMUNITY RESILIENCE PERSPECTIVE
AND THEN FINALLY REPORTING A LOT
OF EMPHASIS YOU'LL HEAR THIS
FROM KEIGHLEY BRIGHT. ON
REGIONAL FRAMEWORKS IF WE'RE
GOING TO ACHIEVE OUR GOALS IN
THE STATE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE
BY SACRAMENTO TELLING ORANGE
COUNTY OR SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
WHERE THEY SHOULD BE DOING THEIR
TREATMENTS AND SO INSTEAD. WORK
FOCUSING ON ALIGNING OUR VARIOUS
PROGRAMS ARE FUNDING PROGRAMS
OUR TECHNICAL PROGRAMS OR POOL
GETS AN ASSESSMENT SO THAT
REGIONAL AND LOCAL AGENCIES HAVE
THE TOOLS THEY NEED. TO TAKE
THEIR PROGRAMS TO THE NEXT LEVEL
. SO THAT'S- OVERALL STE WE GOT
A BIG ON JOINT STRATEGIES A BIG
FOCUS ON DATA AND THEN ALSO A
BIG FOCUS ON. REGIONAL
STRATEGIES WE HOPE THIS WILL ALL
COME TOGETHER- IN ABOUT A YEAR
WITH AN UPDATE OF OUR ACTION
PLAN THAT WILL ANSWER YOUR
QUESTION ABOUT. WHAT'S IT GONNA
TAKE TO GET TO THAT NEXT LEVEL
WE THINK WE'RE ROUGHLY ABOUT
HALF WAY TO OUR MILLION ACRE
TARGET DEPENDING ON HOW YOU.
COUNT OF VARIOUS ACRES BUT BY
THE BY A YEAR FROM NOW WE HOPE
TO HAVE A SERIES OF SCENARIOS
IT'LL TELL YOU. BOTH BY REGION
AND BOTH BY TREATMENT TYPE
WHAT'S THE BEST MIX OF MEASURES
THAT WE NEED TO PUT IN PLACE SO
THAT WE CAN GET TO THAT TARGET
AND BEYOND. WE'RE ALSO WORKING
CLOSELY WITH OUR SISTER AGENCIES
TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS WORK IS
ALIGNED WITH COMPLEMENTARY STATE
PLANS ARE THE STATE IS DUE TO
HAVE AN UPDATE OF ITS CLIMATE
ADAPTATION PLAN IT'S NOT TO
WORKING LANDS PLAN. WE'RE GONNA
BE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH
THOSE AGENCIES AS WELL ON TO
MAKE SURE THE MINISTRATIONS
SPEAKING ONE WITH ONE VOICE.
WITH OUR FORCED ON TO BE
MANAGED. IF FINALLY WITH RESPECT
TO KEY ISSUES WHAT'S IT REALLY
GOING TO TAKE TO GET THERE I
WOULD POINT TO THREE. ONE AS WE
CONTINUE TO NEED AS AS DOCTOR
BATTLE SAID ALIGNMENT. ALIGNMENT
AMONG THE FEDERAL STATE LOCAL
AND TRIBAL AGENCIES TO MAKE SURE
WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER WITH
THE LANDSCAPE LEVEL AS OPPOSED
TO HAVING EACH AGENCY FOCUS ON
ITS OWN LANDS. BOB AND SECONDLY
WE'RE WORKING VERY HARD TO BUILD
CAPACITY FOR HEARING THIS FROM
EVERYBODY AROUND THE STATE THAT
THEY LACK THE TOOLS THAT THEY
NEED. TO ASSESS THE CONDITION OF
THEIR FORESTS TO PLAN AND
PRIORITIZE THEIR PROJECTS TO
EVALUATE THE RESULTS ARE COMING
UP WITH THE SET UP. REGIONAL
TOOL KITS WERE WE GO TO EACH
REGION AND EDUCATE THEM AND GIVE
THEM A SET OF TOOLS SO THEY CAN
RAMP UP THEIR EFFORTS. AND THEN
FINALLY WE'RE TRYING TO ALIGN
ALL OF OUR FUNDING SOURCES FROM
CAL FIRE FROM THE FOR SERVICE
FROM. VARIOUS OTHER AGENCIES
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BOARD
RUBIO SEAT TO START BUILDING
THESE ARE REGIONAL STRATEGIES
REGIONAL FUNDING STRATEGIES
THROUGH BLOCK GRANTS. IF THERE'S
ONE MESSAGE I WANT TO LEAVE WITH
YOU IS WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET TO
OUR MILLION ACRE TARGET AND
BEYOND. ON A PROJECT BY PROJECT
BASIS WE'RE GONNA GET THERE ON A
LANDSCAPE BY LANDSCAPE BASIS. SO
THE ONE THING FOR THE
LEGISLATURE DEMONSTRATION TO BE
AWARE OF. IS OUR NEED TO
REORIENT OUR FUNDING PROGRAMS
THAT ARE PLANNING PROGRAMS TO
WORK MORE AT THAT LANDSCAPE
LEVEL. WERE WELL UNDER WAY TO DO
THAT YOU'LL HEAR FROM JOE TYLER
AND HAYLEY ABOUT HOW WERE.
RAPIDLY MOVING TOWARDS BLOCK
GRANTS TO REJECT SO INSTEAD OF
FINDING. HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS
OF SCATTERED PROJECTS ACROSS THE
STATE WE'RE GOING TO BE FUNDING
INCREASINGLY THINK BLOCK GRANTS
TO REGIONS. TO IMPLEMENT.
PACKAGES AND BUNDLES OF PROJECTS
SO THAT WE CAN RAMP UP OUR
EFFORTS AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. SO
THAT'S OVERALL APPROACH WE
CERTAINLY LOOK FORWARD TO
LOOKING TO WORKING CLOSELY WITH
THE LEGISLATURE. AND THE KEY
STAKEHOLDERS TO GET HERE FROM
TODAY- TO COLLABORATIVELY AND
COLLECTIVELY RAMP UP OUR EFFORTS
TO MEET OUR CHALLENGE. THANK YOU
VERY. MUCH OF A CERTAINLY BE
HAPPY TO ANSWER A QUESTION.
THANK YOU TO OUR RIGHT AND WE'RE
BE QUESTIONS AFTER WE'VE HEARD
THE OTHER. SO NEXT UP WE HAVE-
CHIEF JOE TYLER IS THE DIRECTOR
OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
PARKS FORESTRY AND FIRE
PROTECTION. GOOD MORNING
CHAIRMAN AND SENATORS OF THE
NATURAL RESOURCE AND WATER
COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS JOE
THAILAND I'M THE DIRECTOR AT THE
DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND FIRE
PROTECTION ALSO KNOWN AS CAL
FIRE. RECTOR RIGHT COVERED MANY
OF THE DETAILS I WANTED TO SPEND
SOME TIME HIGHLIGHTING. A FEW
ITEMS RELATED TO CAL FIRE. IT IS
IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT ROLE WERE
ONLY ONE OF MANY PARTNERS AT THE
LOCAL STATE FEDERAL TRIBAL AND
PRIVATE LEVELS WORKING TOGETHER.
TO ACCOMPLISH OUR WORK. WITH OUR
FEDERAL REGIONAL AND LOCAL
PARTNERS CAL FIRE WEARS MANY
HATS AS PART OF THE- WILDFIRE
AND FOREST RESILIENCE TASK
FORCE. WE SERVE ON THE EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE HELPING STEER
IMPORTANT POLICY DIRECTIONS. OUR
STAFF SERVICE PROGRAM MANAGERS
AND SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS ON.
TASK FORCE COMMITTEES TACKLING
REFORESTATION COMMUNICATIONS A
PRESCRIBED FIRE URBAN FORESTRY
MONITORING AND MANY OTHER
ACTIONABLE ITEMS- THAT HAVE BEEN
DISCUSSED ALREADY. AND WERE
HELPING AS YOU HEARD TO DELIVER
THE REGIONAL RESOURCE KITS
TRACKING SYSTEMS AND TRYING TO
MEET OUR STATEWIDE GOALS. WE
SUPPORT THIS WORK AS A CONVENER
AND A COLLABORATOR HELPING TO
COORDINATE AND CONNECT THE DOTS
BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS
AND THE STATE LEADERS AS WELL AS
ALL OF OUR OTHER PARTNERS. ENTER
OUR STRATEGIC STRATEGIC
INVESTMENTS BY THE LEGISLATURE
ANY ADMINISTRATION- WE CARRY
FORWARD FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR
THE FUNDING OF THE IMPORTANT
WORK. THROUGH MILLIONS IN GRANTS
AND OTHER STATE FUNDING. AND
THEN OUR PERSONNEL ARE ALSO THE
DOERS IN THE IMPLEMENTERS OF.
THIS IMPORTANT WORK ON THE
GROUND WITH ALL OF OUR PARTNERS.
WE TAKE THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
FROM THE TASK FORCE AND
TRANSLATE THESE THE ON THE
GROUND PROGRESS. AND WE COULDN'T
DO ANY OF THIS WORK ALONE AND
WE'RE PROUD TO HELP LEAD THE
CHARGE AS A PARTNER AGENCY. NOW
AS IT RELATES TO CALPERS
CONTRIBUTIONS TO IN PROGRESS TO
MEET THE ACTION PLAN. CALIFORNIA
IS ONE OF THE LEADING AGENCIES
ON FIFTY SEVEN OF THE NINETY
NINE KEY ACTIONS ADOPTED BY THE
TASK FORCE. NOW THIS FIFTY SEVEN
EIGHTEEN OF THOSE ARE IN
PROGRESS FOR CAL FIRE IN THE
PAST WARS AND THOSE INCLUDE JUST
EXAMPLES TIMBER HARVESTS- IN
IMPROVING RESILIENCE INCENTIVES-
WORKING. TRAINING CENTER
EXPLORING STRATEGIES TO
LIABILITY ISSUES AND THEN
DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING THE
NEW FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES
IS DOCTOR BATTLES TALKED ABOUT
EARLIER. OF NOTE OF THE FIRE
HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES THEY ARE
OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND
CURRENTLY ARE SCHEDULED TO CLOSE
ON APRIL FOURTH. TWO THOUSAND
TWENTY THREE. SEVEN OF THOSE
ACTUALIZE A RESPONSIBLE FOR IN
THEIR FINAL STAGES WHICH
INCLUDES- IMPROVING WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT N. TIMBER HARVEST
PLAN GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS. AND
SEVEN ARE COMPLETED WHICH
INCLUDES THE STRATEGIC ACTION
PLAN- GRANT PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT
CULTURAL BURNING AUTOMATED
PRESCRIBED BY A BURN PERMITS AND
TRYING TO INCREASE DEFENSIBLE
SPACE INSPECTIONS AND LAST YEAR
ALONE- CAL BY OUR WITH ITS-
CONTRACT COUNTY PARTNERS AS
WELL- DID OVER TWO HUNDRED
EIGHTY NINE THOUSAND. DEFENSIBLE
SPACE INSPECTIONS WERE GOAL WAS
TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND
PER YEAR. AND THEN THERE ARE
TWENTY FIVE OTHER ACTION ITEMS
THAT CONTINUE TO BE ON GOING.
THROUGH PROGRESS AND BEYOND THE
NINETY NINE ACTUAL ITEMS CAL
FIRE ALSO CONTINUES TO MAKE
PROGRESS AND SIGNIFICANT
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FOUR GOALS
IN THE ACTION PLAN. A FEW
EXAMPLES ARE THOSE UNDER GOAL
ONE OF INCREASING PACE AND SCALE
OF FOREST HEALTH PROJECTS.
CABALLERO HAS MET AND SURPASSED
ITS FUELS REDUCTION GOALS IN
EACH OF THE LAST THREE YEARS
TREATING MORE THAN A- HUNDRED
THOUSAND ACRES- WITH OUR
COMMUNITY PARTNERS ON OUR
GRANTEES- WE'VE HELPED PUBLISH
THE CALIFORNIA STRATEGIC PLAN
FOR EXPANDING USE OF BENEFICIAL
FIRE IN. MARCH OF TWO THOUSAND
TWENTY DO. WE OUT THE AUTOMATE
PRESCRIBED BURN PERMIT SYSTEM
HERE IN JULY OF LAST YEAR. A. N.
WE HAVE JUST WORKING ON
LAUNCHING THE FORCE HELP TRIBAL
RESILIENCE GRANT PROGRAMS
ROUGHLY NINETEEN MILLION
DOLLARS- AVAILABLE TO THAT.
WE'VE AWARDED MORE THAN TWO
HUNDRED FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS
AND FORCE HEALTH GRANTS FOR
FUELS REDUCTION PRESCRIBED FIRE.
PEST MANAGEMENT- BIOMASS
UTILIZATION WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT AND FORCED
RESTORATION PROJECTS ACROSS THE
LAST TWO FISCAL YEARS. AND THEN
AS- AS- PATRICK SAID EARLIER-
PILOTING THREE REGIONAL FORCED
HEALTH GRANTS IN THE NORTH COAST
ASSYRIAN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
WITH CONTRIBUTIONS OF TEN
MILLION DOLLARS EACH. TO TRY TO
BUNDLE THESE PROJECTS IN EACH OF
THOSE AREAS WITHIN GOAL TO IS
STRENGTHENING AND PROTECTION OF
THE COMMUNITIES. AGAIN WE'VE
PUBLISHED AN EASY TO USE ONLINE
APPLICATION SYSTEM TO REQUEST
DEFENSIBLE SPACE INSPECTIONS AND
REQUEST BURN PERMITS WERE-
CONDUCT POST ASSESSMENTS. WE
AGAIN HAVE RELEASED THE FIRE
HAZARD SEVERITY ZONE MAPS- AND
DUE TO INCREASE STAFFING
INVESTMENTS AGAIN INCREASE THOSE
DEFENSIBLE SPACE INSPECTIONS-
AND AWARDED A HUNDRED AND FORTY
FIVE STATEWIDE GRANTS FOR OVER A
HUNDRED EIGHTEEN MILLION DOLLARS
LAST YEAR. JUST WITHIN GOAL TO.
IN THREE IS ALL ABOUT MANAGING
LANDSCAPE ACHIEVING. A STATE
ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS.
WORKING ON AWARDING OVER SIXTY
MILLION DOLLARS IN WORKFORCE AND
DEVELOP A BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
GRANTS. LAUNCHING A SCHOOLYARD
GREENING I'M SORRY GREEN
SCHOOLYARD PROGRAM WITH OVER A
HUNDRED SEVENTEEN MILLION
AVAILABLE TO IMPROVE TREE CANOPY
COVERS FOR CALIFORNIANS K.
THROUGH TWELVE SCHOOLS- AND THEN
AWARDING FORTY URBAN AND
COMMUNITY FORESTRY GRANTS OF
JUST UNDER. THIRTY MILLION IN
THE SPRING OF TWO THOUSAND
TWENTY TWO. NUMBER GOAL FOR
DRIVING INNOVATION AND MEASURING
PROGRESS. WE HAVE LAUNCHED AN
ONLINE VIEWER OF CALIFORNIA'S
FUELS REDUCTION AND FIRE
PREVENTION PROJECTS CALLED CAL
MAPPER THAT IS AVAILABLE ON OUR
PUBLIC FACING WEBSITE IS
INTENDED TO BE TRANSPARENT IN
THE WORK THAT CALIFORNIA IS
CURRENTLY DOING. AND WE
CURRENTLY HAVE OTHER STATES THAT
ARE LOOKING AND ASKING ABOUT
THIS MODEL TO HOW TO DISPLAY THE
INFORMATION- AND IS PLAYING A
KEY ROLE IN DEVELOPING AND
TRACKING. A FOR ALL THE
STATEWIDE EFFORTS THE FRAPH
PROGRAM THE FIRE RESOURCE
ASSESSMENT PROGRAM. FUNDED
SEVENTY FIVE GRANTS FOR OVER
FOURTEEN MILLION DOLLARS- AND
CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS A
FUNDING ADDITIONAL. RELATEDLY WE
ALSO CONTINUE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
HOW THESE PROJECTS CONFORM
IMPORTANT RESEARCH AND APPLY.
THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY IN OUR
DEMONSTRATION STATE FOREST AS AN
EXAMPLE IN THE JACKSON
DEMONSTRATION STATE FOREST
THERE'S TECHNOLOGY WHERE WE'RE
PROVIDING- BROADBAND INTERNET IN
THE MIDDLE OF FORCE WHERE THERE
IS NO SERVICE IS BEING TESTED
NOW BY OUR RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPER AND- AND LAST WEEK
DURING THEIR DEMONSTRATION.
APPEARED TO WORK SUCCESSFULLY SO
THEY CONTINUE TO WORK ON
PROJECTS LIKE THAT- RELATED TO
EFFORTS DON'T MONITOR AND
EVALUATE OUR VEGETATION
MANAGEMENT TREATMENT PROGRAM.
THERE'S A LOT UNDER WAY AND IT
REALLY LEADS THE QUESTION IS HOW
DO WE KNOW IF IT'S WORKING. AND
HOW ARE WE TRACKING ALL THE
MOVING PARTS TO ENSURE SUCCESS
THE QUESTION EARLIER WAS-
TREATMENTS OF THE SAME ACRE
TWICE OR OVER TWO YEARS- LEADS
TO FURTHER RESILIENCE. BUT WE
ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE'RE TREATING THE RIGHT ACRES
AND I THINK THE TWO PANELISTS
JUST BEFORE ME- TALKED ABOUT
THAT AS WELL WORKING TOGETHER
NOT IN SILOS TO MAKE SURE. THAT
WERE MAKING THE BEST RESILIENCE
EFFORTS ACROSS THE STATE. SO
JUST TO SHARE A FEW ITEMS ON HOW
WE'RE TRACKING THE PROGRESS.
PUBLIC RESOURCE CODE REQUIRES US
TO POST INFORMATION REPORTING OF
THE WORK INVOLVES CREATING A
STANDARDIZED PROTOCOLS FOR
MONITORING IMPLEMENTATION
EVALUATING THE POSITIVE AND
NEGATIVE. ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF
THE FIRE BEHAVIOR IMPACTS OF
BEING UNDERTAKEN BY THE STATE.
NOW THAT WAS DUE BY DECEMBER
THIRTY FIRST TWO THOUSAND TWENTY
TWO AND IS DOCTOR BATTLE STARTED
HIS CONVERSATION EARLIER TODAY.
WHEN YOU GET A DEVICE- A DIET
DIVERSE I'M SORRY DIVERSE GROUP
OF INDIVIDUALS IN THE SAME ROOM
WITH A LOT OF FUSS. A LOT OF
GREAT INFORMATION COMES FROM A
AND THIS TASK FORCE IS REALLY
BRINGING EVERYBODY TOGETHER. TO
PROVIDE THE BEST WELFARE
PORSCHES LANES ACROSS THE STATE.
SO THOUGH WE DIDN'T MEET OUR
DECEMBER THIRTY FIRST TWO
THOUSAND TWENTY TWO TARGET I
CAN. GUARANTEE YOU AS IT'S
SITTING IN MY INBOX AND I'M
REVIEWING IT FOR AND IT'S NOW
THAT THE MANUAL RELATED TO.
STANDARDIZED PROTOCOLS FOR
MONITORING IS CLOSE TO BEING
COMPLETED AND PUBLISHED. CALPERS
CREATED INVENTED MONITORING
PROCEDURES TO EVALUATE THE
EFFECTIVENESS OF PROJECTS
INCLUDING MEASUREMENT OF SIZE
CLIMATE CONDITIONS AND TREATMENT
TYPES. AND A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS
AND STAFF CONTINUE TO SCRUTINIZE
THE ACCURACY OF HOW BEST TO
CAPTURE THIS INFORMATION.
STARTING IN AUGUST TWENTY TWENTY
TWO CALIBER BEGAN IMPLEMENTING
THE PROTOCOLS ON A RANGE OF
FORCE HEALTH AND PRESCRIBED FIRE
PROJECTS IN COLLABORATION WITH
CARBON. THE FOR SERVICE IN STATE
PARKS TO TEST OUR MONITORING
PROTOCOLS. WE RECOGNIZE THAT
THERE ITERATIVE IN FLUID IN MY
EAR IT JUST MEANS THAT NEED TO
BE MADE OVER TIME. AND IN THE
SPIRIT OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
THEY NEED TO BE FLEXIBLE THE BAN
AND IMPROVE OVER TIME AS NEW
METHODS AND PROJECTS ARE
IDENTIFIED. AS I SAID EARLIER
THE DRAFT PROTOCOLS WE POSTED ON
THE CAL FIRE WEBSITE HERE
SHORTLY HOPEFULLY WITHIN WEEKS-
AND IS BEING DISCUSSED FURTHER
WITH DOCTOR BATTLES IN THE
SCIENCE ADVISORY PANEL. IS PART
OF THE TASK FORCE FOR THEIR
FEEDBACK. AND ADMITTEDLY WHILE
THE TIME FRAME HAS BEEN EXTENDED
TO JUST A FEW MONTHS AS I
DISCUSSED- IT REALLY WAS ABOUT
GETTING A THOROUGH REVIEW AND
COLLABORATE FEEDBACK FOR A GREAT
FINAL PROJECT. OUR PRODUCT- THE
KEY ISSUES AND BOTTLENECKS
REALLY LOOKING AT THAT YOU KNOW
WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE
ISSUES. TO HAVE TO ADDRESS ONE
OF THOSE ARE THE CHANGING
CLIMATE CONDITIONS THAT WE HAVE
THE CHANGING WEATHER. THAT WE
HAVE IS WE SEE RIGHT NOW AND ONE
OF THE WETTEST WINTERS THAT WE
HAVE HAD. REALLY LEAD US TO.
HAVE FUELS ARE OUT OF
PRESCRIPTION TO NOT BE ABLE TO
PUT PER PRESCRIBED FIRE ON THE
GROUND RIGHT NOW BUT DOESN'T
STOP US FROM CONTINUING TO DO.
MECHANICAL AND HAND TREATMENT
FUELS REDUCTION. AND GRANT
RESOURCES THAT ARE NEEDED TO
HELP ADDRESS ASPECTS OF THE
CHALLENGES WE RECOGNIZE THERE'S
STILL WORK TO DO THERE AS WELL.
M. WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE STATE
IS AN A- BUDGET DEFICIT WERE
HARD DECISIONS HAVE TO BE
CONSIDERED. BY THE LEGISLATURE
IN THE ADMINISTRATION ON WHERE
REDUCTIONS POTENTIALLY HAVE TO.
TAKE PLACE ONE OF THE CONCERNS A
CAL FIRE THAT WE HAVE AND WE
HAVE TALKED. OPENLY ABOUT THIS
IS WE RECOGNIZE THE SIGNIFICANT
INVESTMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND-
IN WILDFIRE IN IN FORCED
RESILIENCE. BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE LONG
TERM SUPPORT STAFF TO BE ABLE TO
CONTINUE THIS GREAT WORK THAT'S
GOING ON. AND WITH TEMPORARY
FUNDING WE FIND THAT THAT COMES
WITH TEMPORARY POSITIONS THAT
CAN LAST FOR UP TO TWENTY FOUR
MONTHS BEFORE WE HAVE TO. LET
THAT PERSON GO BACK TO THEIR OLD
POSITION- WERE RELEASED THEM
FROM STATE SERVICE THAT THEY
NEVER WORK FOR THE STATE BEFORE.
TO HIRE NEW STAFF THAT COULD
BECOME PROBLEMATIC FOR US BUT
WE'RE FIGURING OUT WAYS TO
OVERCOME THAT. IN OVERALL
THROUGH WORKFORCE AND BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT A WORKFORCE NOT JUST
THE CAL FIRE BUT ACROSS THE
ENTIRE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THAT
CAN IMPLEMENT. THE ACTIONS AND
STRATEGIES BEING PUT FORTH FOR
THE COLLABORATIVE FUELS
REDUCTION ACROSS THE STATE. WE
RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE TO
IMPROVE BIOMASS UTILIZATION AND
BIOMASS FACILITIES ACROSS THE
STATE AS WELL. AND THEN WE'VE
ENTERED INTO A HOME HARDENING
PROGRAM THAT IS EXPERIENCE SOME
SLOWDOWNS DUE TO THE FEMA HAZARD
MITIGATION GRANT FUNDING
CONCERNS. AROUND NEPA
REQUIREMENTS THEY WERE WORKING
CLOSELY WITH CALLAWAY S. AS THE
CONDUIT TO FEMA TO ADDRESS. NOW
I JUST HEARD FROM ACTING STATE
FIRE MARSHAL DANIEL BERLET LAST
WEEK THAT- WE ARE VERY CLOSE AT
LEAST IN LAKE COUNTY. FOR
KELSEYVILLE AREA IN THAT PILOT
PROJECT TO GET SOME APPROVAL
FROM FEMA TO BE ABLE TO GET
THOSE OFF THE GROUND SO IT LOOKS
LIKE A STAR IS BEING MADE THERE.
BUT I PROMISE YOU THAT AT THE
STATE LEVEL BETWEEN CAL FIRING
CALLUM YES. ASIDE FROM WAITING
FOR FEMA APPROVALS WE CONTINUE
TO ACCEPT IN REVIEW APPLICATIONS
AND WORK WITH THE COMMUNITIES
THROUGH THE JOINT POWERS.
AUTHORITY THAT WAS FORMED
BETWEEN THE TWO AGENCIES. AND WE
HAVE TO REALLY LOOK FOR DURING
THESE LEAN FISCAL TIMES RELATED
TO THE STATE BUDGET THAT'LL
REQUIRE US TO LOOK FOR IN A
INNOVATIVE WAYS. TO CONTINUE TO
GET THE GREAT WORK DONE. NOW I
WAS ASKED TO ADDRESS RECENT
INVESTMENTS IN THE SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA AREA. AND THE
WILDFIRE PREVENTION GRANT
PROGRAMS SPECIFICALLY WORKS TO
MAKE AWARDS TOWARDS- REGIONAL
EQUITY. AFTER ALL THE GRANT
APPLICATION TO SCORE EACH CAL
FIRE UNIT IN EACH OF THE SIX
CONTRACT COUNTIES. ARE AWARDED
THEIR TOP SCORED APPLICATIONS.
BASED ON AVAILABLE FUNDING THE
PROCESS CONTINUES TO ENSURE
PROJECTS ARE SPREAD ACROSS THE
STATE. AS THAT DISTRIBUTES
WORKLOAD AS WELL. MEETS THE TOP
SCORED APPLICATION PROCESSES- TO
EACH OF THE UNITS AND THE
CONTRACT COUNTIES. AND LAST YEAR
THE WILDFIRE PREVENTION GRANT
PROGRAMS WAS ABLE TO SPLIT ITS
FUNDING NEARLY FIFTY FIFTY
BETWEEN CAL FIRE'S NORTHERN
REGION ON CALPERS SOUTHERN
REGION. WILDFIRE PREVENTION
GRANT FUNDING IN THE NORTH LAST
YEAR. WAS AWARDED A HUNDRED
TWENTY NINE MILLION DOLLARS IN
THE SOUTH A HUNDRED AND TWENTY
TWO MILLION DOLLARS. BUT FOR OUR
- FORCES HEALTH AND WORKFORCE
AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMS. OVER THE LAST TWO
YEARS THE FOREST HEALTH- FOR THE
NORTH WAS AWARDED A HUNDRED
SEVENTY ONE MILLION DOLLARS IN
THE SOUTH. RECOGNIZING ONLY
FORTY SIX MILLION DOLLARS BASED
ON THE APPLICATIONS THAT CAME IN
IT CHIEF WE HAVE YOU CLING WRAP
IT UP QUICKLY THAT BE GREAT WE
HAVE OTHERS SPEAKERS WE GOTTA
GET TO ALSO THANK YOU.
ABSOLUTELY SO LAST WAS WORKFORCE
AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT TWENTY
SEVEN MILLION IN THE NORTH
THIRTEEN MILLION IN THE SOUTH
AND THAT IS ACTUALLY WHERE I WAS
GOING TO INCLUDE A I THANK THE
COMMITTEE FOR THEIR TIME. AND
I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
THANK YOU CHIEF TYLER. NEXT UP
WE HAVE KALEY I BRIGHT. YES IS
NOT CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT
CONSERVATION. OH NO I'M NOT NOT
QUITE THE DIRECTOR OF THE
DIVISION DIRECTOR OF THE
DIVISION OF LAND RESEARCH
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IT- GOOD
MORNING JERRY MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE- AGAIN MY NAME IS
KELLY RIGHT I AM I'M WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION. AND
TODAY WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING
ABOUT OUR DEPARTMENTS REGIONAL
FORCE EMPIRE TO PASS PROGRAM
THAT WAS. A LITTLE BIT BY
PATRICK EARLIER ON- WE'RE. YOU
KNOW TO KIND OF BRING THIS UP-
NO PUN INTENDED OUR YOU KNOW. AS
I DESCRIBE MY PROGRAM YOU KNOW
IT'S IMPORTANT TO THINK OF IT
KIND OF LIKE THE SCAFFOLDING OF.
THIS MUCH BIGGER STRATEGY THAT'S
BEING DISCUSSED HERE- TODAY. SO
WE TEND TO OPERATE IN THE
BACKGROUND SUPPORTING OUR
PRINCIPAL PARTNERS LIKE
CALIFORNIA FOR SERVICE. I'M
NATURAL RESOURCES THEY STICK
THAT CETERA IN A PROVIDING ALL
OF THE CAPACITY SERVICES OF AND
THEY CAN BE SUCCESSFUL. IN
ACHIEVING THEIR STATEWIDE COURTS
LET ME OPEN UP MY PRISON TATIAN
. AND I WILL. RIGHT HE'S MY
PRESENTATION. SO. I GUESS YOU
KNOW WHAT I LIKE TO START WHEN I
TALK ABOUT THESE ISSUES IS
TRYING TO PUT IN THE CONTEXT OF
WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE ACROSS
ALL THESE DIFFERENT- SMALL LOCAL
PARTNERS SMALL PRIVATE
CONTRACTORS SMALL LOCAL AGENCIES
BIG AGENCIES STATEWIDE FEDERAL
AGENCIES. YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE
REALLY TRYING TO DO HERE IS PUT
TOGETHER A MASSIVE- SUPPLY CHAIN
SUPPLY CHAIN FOR- FUELS
TREATMENT PROJECTS AND SUPPLY
CHAIN FOR PRODUCTS TO GOING TO
THE MARKET. THE SUPPLY CHAIN FOR
WORKFORCE- FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
RESTORATION KIND OF ALL OF THESE
THINGS THAT AS SENATOR LAYERED
MENTION THEM IN IN IN THIS
OPENING COMMENTS YOU KNOW HAD
BEEN FUNDED IN KIND OF SPORADIC
WAYS OF THE STATE BUDGET WENT UP
AND DOWN OVER TIME. BUT NOW WHAT
WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS TO
INSTITUTIONALIZE AND STABILIZE
THIS LONG SUPPLY CHAINS THAT WE
CAN CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK THE
DOCTOR BATTLES DESCRIBING HIS
PRESENTATION- FOR A LONG TIME.
THANK YOU RIGHT- WITH THE WHILE
FINDING REVERSE OVER LAST FEW
YEARS- IT'S BEEN REALLY CRITICAL
SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACTUALLY
SLIDE IN SUPPORT INVESTMENTS IN
EACH SECTION OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN
THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN IS A
REALLY SIMPLIFIED SUPPLY CHAIN
BUT- I WANTED TO POINT OUT WERE
AREN'T THAT SEE THE REGIONAL
FORCE APART PASSED THE PROGRAM
THAT WE SUPPORT. KIND OF FITS IN
SO WE ARE NOT THE IMPLEMENTERS-
CALIFORNIA FOR SERVICE WCD OTHER
NATURAL RESOURCE AGENCIES CAN.
TAKE SHOVEL READY PROJECTS AND
MOVE THEM TO COMPLETION BUT WHAT
WE ARE. RESPONSIBLE FOR IN OUR
DEPARTMENT. IS REALLY LIKE
GETTING THOSE. REGIONAL PLAN.
REGIONALLY AND LOOK PRIDE SHOVEL
READY AND ON THE SHELVES AND
THEY CAN BE IMPLEMENTED OUR
STATE PARTNERS- WE'RE REALLY
FOCUSED ON THIS FRIEND IN THE
MIDDLE END OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN
AND- YOU KNOW WERE WERE WERE.
DIRECTED BY STATUTE TO DO THE
STATEWIDE WILDFIRES SOMETHING
THAT. ALL OF OUR REGIONS OF THE
STATE- BASE AND IT'S SOMETHING
THAT WE'RE TRYING TO- THANK WE
ENGINEER FROM VERY NASCENT
STAGES ACROSS ALL OF THE FIRE
FROM REGIONAL AND STATE. THE
REGIONAL FORCE AND FIRE CAPACITY
PROGRAM- IS CENTERED IN THIS
PRINCIPLE THE REGION'S REALLY
KNOW WHAT'S BEST TO GUIDE THEIR
WORK- IN THE KNOW WHAT'S BEST
FOR THEIR- RESIDENTS. THEIR
ECONOMIES AND THE NATURAL
RESOURCES. OF OUR JOB IN THE
PHARMACY PROGRAM IS JUST THIS IS
FRANKLY IN POWER THAT THAT
KNOWLEDGE AND BUILD CAPACITY
AROUND IT IN BOTH. THE OF
TECHNICAL BUREAUCRATIC AND
IMPLEMENTATION CAPACITY SO THESE
REGIONS AND CAN LEAD
IMPLEMENTATION OF- PLANS AND
PROJECTS THAT THAT ACHIEVES
THEIR GOALS. AT THE SAME TIME
OUR STATE AND OUR STATE AGENCIES
IN A WORKER WE'RE WORKING WITHIN
A STATE AGENCY FRAMEWORK WITH
SOME CALLS TO. SOME STATEWIDE-
PRIORITIES AS WE HAVEN'T
STATUTES HAVE ELSEWHERE AND WE
ARE- TRYING TO FIND A. KIND OF
HELP THE REGION'S. YOU KNOW.
UNDER OUR STATE WORDS STATEWIDE
PRIOR THE THERE ON THEIR PROJECT
. MEETS BOTH THEIR LOW. PRAYER
BUT ALSO OUR STATE WITH
PRIORITIES. YEAH THE FORCE OF
REALLY. IN THIS CASE AND THROUGH
THE R. FIFTY PROGRAMMING KIND OF
WORK LIKE THE CONDO BETWEEN THE
WORK COMING OUT OF THE TASK
FORCE ALONG THROUGH THE
DIFFERENT CHANNELS OF. OF
STRATEGIES AND TARGETS AND GOALS
AND THEN THROUGH OUR PROGRAM WE
ARE SOCIALIZING THOSE STRATEGIES
WITH OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS AND
OUR LOCAL PARTNERS THAT THEY-
CAN BUILD THOSE INTO THOSE PLANS
AND KIND OF CREATE THAT FEEDBACK
LOOP. SO THAT AS THEIR PLANS AND
PROJECTS IMPORTS STATE AGENCIES
LIKE CAL FIRE. CALAVERAS THEIR
THEIR NEEDS AND PRIORITIES IN
THOSE PROJECTS TO MAKE IT EASIER
FOR THEM TO FIND. SO OUR
PROGRAM- FROM THE BEGINNING
RECOGNIZE THAT. WILDFIRE IS
WILDFIRES PASSED THE IS A
STATEWIDE THE- AND THERE WAS
ALSO KIND OF A HISTORY OF
IMBALANCE WHEN LOOKING AT HOW
FUNDING WAS DISTRIBUTED
STATEWIDE- FOR THESE PURPOSES
SO. FROM THE EARLY FROM THE
BEGINNING OF THE PROGRAM WE KIND
OF MADE A PRIORITY THAT WE WOULD
WE WOULD WORK ACROSS FOUR
REGIONS WE WOULD BALANCE. AND
THOSE ARE THE COAST NORTH SIERRA
AND THE STUNNING CALIFORNIA. AND
WE WOULD BALLOTS ARE SENDING.
REALLY EVENLY AMONGST THEM SO
THAT. YOU KNOW IT'S REALLY
FUNCTIONED AS A STATEWIDE
REGIONAL NETWORK WITH A BALANCED
FUNDING STRUCTURE UNDERNEATH
THE- WITHIN EACH OF THE FOUR
REGIONS WE THEN THE PROGRAM
FUND. BLOCKER AND TEENS ASSEMBLY
REGIONAL LEADERS TO THEN RUN
THEIR OWN LOCAL PROGRAMS.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE TWELVE BLACK
GRANTEES SERVING WITHIN OUR FOUR
REGIONS AND THOSE TWELVE WHAT
GRANTEES PROVIDE- SUB GRANTS.
PARTNERSHIPS FOR TO- MUCH LARGER
NETWORKS OF LOCAL PARTNERS- THEN
. DO WORK OF DEVELOPING
LOCALISED STRATEGIES AND
PROJECTS AND GREEN THOSE TO OUR
OUR STATE AGENCIES FOR
IMPLEMENTATION- WE WORK WITH A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TRIBES
ACROSS OUR PROGRAMS- THROUGH THE
BLOCK GRANT JEANS. A BLACK GRANT
HE'S LIKE IN- CINEMATIC
CONSERVATIVE BECAUSE CONSERVANCY
A WALK IN THE SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIANS LATER BUT I REALLY
WANTED TO CALL OUT THE TROUBLED
PARTNERSHIP TO THE NORTH COAST
RESEARCH. UP TOWARDS BUT WE HAVE
A PARTNERSHIP WITH. WE ARE
PRESSING WORK THE REGION IS A
PART SHOULD BE. TRAVELED AND-
COUNTY GOVERNMENT LEADERS
WORKING TOGETHER TO DEVELOP A
NORTH COAST WIDE. STRATEGY AND-
YEAH RANGING PROJECTS IN AND
ACTIONS TO IT TO ACCOMPLISH
THEIR BOLTS. IN STATUTE- WE WERE
REQUIRED TO IT'S KIND OF A-
PRETTY BIG REQUIREMENT WE'RE
CARD TO COVER- WITHIN REASON ALL
OF THE- WILDFIRE PRONE AREAS OF
THE STATE- AND SINCE TWO
THOUSAND NINETEEN FROM WHAT WE
HAD CAN SEE INTO WHICH YOU CAN
SEE ON THIS MAP. WE'RE ACTUALLY
NOW ALMOST AT ABOUT 87% OF
COVERAGE OF THE STATE'S- HIGH
AND- I FIRE- REGIONS OF THE
STATE AND WE'RE WORKING WITH-
ADDITIONAL GRANTEES NOW TO TRY
TO. LIKE TAKES COVER THAT GAP IT
STILL REMAINS FROM- THE LACK OF
YOU KNOW SOME OF THESE GRANTS
FRANKLY PARTS OF THESE JUST
DON'T HAVE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE
CAN TURN TO- WIN THIS KIND OF
WORK SO. IN THAT CASE WERE
LOOKING TOWARDS STATE WORK TO
STATEWIDE ENTITIES TO TRY TO SET
UP PROGRAMS AGAIN BRING
RESOURCES DOWN TO THOSE PARTS OF
THE STATE COULD ON TOP AND- WE
HAVE DEPENDED. ON STATE AND IS
THEN REACHED CONSERVE DISTRICTS
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE HERE TO. YOU
KNOW WHERE WE WERE WE DIDN'T
HAVE THAT WE'VE TURNED OTHER
PARTNERSHIPS BUT ALSO COMMUNITY
FOUNDATIONS AND- THINKING ABOUT
WHO WE HAVE IN PLACE DOWN ON THE
GROUND THAT HAS. STRONG FISCAL
CAPACITY. GOOD KIND OF EQUITABLE
NETWORKS IN CAN MOBILIZE LARGE
PROGRAMS ACROSS AREAS THAT NEED
THEM. SO WE WERE ASKED TO- WE
WERE ASKED TO LOOK DISCUSS THE
BOTTLENECKS AND BARRIERS THAT WE
WERE SEEING FROM OUR PROGRAMS-
AND I THINK KIND OF THINKING
BACK TO THAT SUPPLY CHAIN I
WANTED TO FOCUS ON ONE PART THAT
THAT SHE TYLER JUST MENTIONED AS
WELL. THEY MAY NOT BE FRONT AND
CENTER FOR MOST PEOPLE'S
THINKING WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT
BOTTLENECKS AND BARRIERS BUT
REALLY YOU KNOW FOR US IS THE
ENGINE OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE
TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH ACROSS THE
STATE. WHICH IS ADMINISTRATION
AND STAFFING- WHEN THE CAPTAIN
OF THE- HELLO IMPACTS- UP AND
FUNDING OVER TIME. IS THAT STATE
AGENCIES FEDERAL AGENCIES AND
LOCAL PARTNERS HAVE NEVER HAD
THE STABLE BUDGETS TO. YOU KNOW
DO THE RIGHT TO SCHOOL PLANNING
TO CREATE PROGRAMS THAT CAN
SUSTAIN WORK OVER LONG PERIODS
OF TIME. SO WHAT WE END UP
GETTING OUR- A SMALL THE LOCAL
LEVEL ARE VERY SMALL AGENCIES
THAT. THAT ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO
GET IN A COMPETITIVE GRANTS AND
FUNDING THEY'RE- SENDING THEIR
ADMINISTRATION UNDERSTAFFED
PROJECT MANAGERS. REALLY NEVER
GROW TO THE POINT WHERE THEY CAN
SUSTAIN. LARGE ENOUGH PROGRAMS
TO MEET IN A STATEWIDE NEEDS. IF
THE STATE AGENCY LEVEL WORLD
DEALING WITH YOU KNOW WE'VE ALL
BEEN DEALING WITH- SEARCHES AND
FINDING. RECENTLY BUT THEN
LOOKING TO THE HORIZON YOU KNOW
THERE'S JUST THERE'S GENERAL
INSECURITY IN THE BUDGET FOR
SUPPORTING THE ADMINISTRATIVE.
DEMANDS AND STATE AGENCIES NEED
TO KIND OF KEEP MOVING ALL THIS
MONEY OUT. AND WHAT'S BEEN
REALLY IMPORTANT IS PATRICK
MENTIONED IS. THE SHIFT AND FROM
FROM FROM OUR TO YOU KNOW HOW
CAN MAKE THE GRANT MORE
EFFICIENT BOTH- SEASONS. AND OUR
LOCAL PARTNERS AND YOU KNOW
WE'VE BEEN YOU KNOW GIVE A LOT
OF CREDIT TO CAL FIRE FOR
WORKING WITHIN THEIR CURRENT
GRANT PROGRAMS- THINKING ABOUT
HOW THEY CAN SEQUENCE FUNDING
OVER PHASES OVER MULTIPLE YEARS
OF THAT. YOU KNOW ONCE OF WHAT
ONCE A ONCE A PARTNER HAS A GOOD
PROGRAMMING AND PROJECTS THAT
CAN JUST BE FUNDED OVER TIME-
THEIR STRATEGY GIVES THEM A LOT
OF REALLY FLEXIBILITY THERE. AND
THEN WE'VE ALSO BEEN THERE ARE
PROGRAM AND OTHERS YOU KNOW
LOOKING AT WAYS TO BATCH. BATCH
FUNDING AROUND MORE AROUND THE
PLAN AND THE PARTNER VERSES THE
OMIT INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS SO WE
CAN START TO FIND. THINGS IN A
MUCH MUCH BIGGER WAYS- SOME OF
THE OTHER MAJOR ISSUES WE'RE
SEEING FROM STAFF KIND OF SPREAD
OVER TO OTHER POLICY. ISSUES
THAT WE DON'T ALWAYS THINK ABOUT
- ALL OVER PARTNERS HOMES ALL OF
OUR PARTNER WORKING. WORLD AIR
HAVE REALLY TOUGH TIME DEFINING
YOU KNOW THE STATE OF TOOK. FIND
HOUSING- THERE'S JUST THE KNOW
THE STEPS IN DEMAND FOR. PEOPLE
TO DO THE WORK DOES NOT MATCH
THE AMOUNT OF HOUSING THAT WE'RE
SEEING IN A ROW COMMUNITY FOR
THE STAFF- YOU GET A LOT OF A
STAFF. BIG ARE BEING TO DO WAY
MORE THAN YOU KNOW THE START I
AND SO. AND KIND OF WITH WITH
GUSTO THE NAY. THE EIGHT YOU
KNOW. THREE DOWN THE ROAD TO
START THE OUT AND MAKES. THIS
WORSE. BUT THEM THERE FOR- IN
THE THERE'S A LOT OF TIME TO.
MEANS OREGON. DOING THIS WORK OR
SOME FINDINGS. YOU'LL SEE A LOT
MOVEMENT. ORGANISED OF KEY
STAFF- ONCE YOU BUILD
RELATIONSHIPS AT A LOCAL LEVEL
WITH THESE FOLKS. AND THEN A
MOVIE REALLY UNDERCUTS YOUR
ABILITY TO SUSTAIN WORK OVERTIME
- I THINK. ALL OF THIS. BALLS
THE STABLE FUNDING. AND IT'S AN
THAT YOU KNOW WE REALLY OF. THE
LEGISLATURE MADE. OVER THE- SO
MANY YEARS TO COME. HERE OUR
WORK STABILITY AND I THINK WE'RE
STARTING TO SEE IMPROVEMENTS BUT
THERE'S ALWAYS MORE WORK TO DO.
NEXT ONE TO FOCUS. ON SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA THIS WAS A REQUEST
FROM THE- COMMITTEE STAFF TO
LOOK AT. YOU KNOW WHAT OUR
INVESTMENTS DOING IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA AND THEN ALSO AND
FOCUS ON WHERE WE- WHAT WE
ANNOUNCED IN THE LAST- TASK
FORCE MEETING DOWN IN SAID
NGUYEN IN IN CALABASAS. BROWN
FUNDING COMMITMENTS FROM
MULTIPLE AGENCIES SO. COMING IN
OUR PROGRAM IT WAS ACTUALLY A
SURPRISE BECAUSE WE STARTED
REALLY THINKING ABOUT YOU KNOW
OUR FORCING ECOSYSTEMS AND COME
TO GROUPS THAT WE NEED WORKING
THERE BUT- COMING INTO OUR
PROGRAM WE WERE REALLY SURPRISED
AND- BECAUSE MAYBE. ARNOLD
PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN BUT
HOW- WELL DEVELOPED AND MATURE
THE ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY
NETWORKS WERE IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA- IN THE REGIONAL
FOREST PARK PASSAGE FROM PROGRAM
TO BEGIN. WAS ABLE TO LEVERAGE
THESE EXISTING ORGANIZATIONS
REALLY BUILD PROBABLY ONE OF THE
STRONGEST NETWORKS. OF MMHM HI
PART TO THE THIS WORK. S. WHEN
WE SEE WE STARTED WITH THE SAN
MONICA MOUNTAINS. THE RIVERS
MOUNTAINS. OF INLAND EMPIRE
REYES CON TO AND THE RCD OF
GREATER ST DIEGO OF. AND THEN
LATER WE HAD THE URBAN RANCH.
WHICH MICHAEL WILL BE PRESENTING
AFTER ME AND WE RECENTLY ADDED
THE RIVERS AND MOUNTAINS
CONSERVANCY AND THE INLAND
EMPIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION-
THEY CAN UNDER UNDER AT
UNDERSTATE THE COMPLEXITY OF
LAND OWNERSHIP SOME LAND TYPES
THAT THESE PARTNERS ARE WORKING
ACROSS AND COMMUNITIES- AND
THEY'RE ALL THIS WE'VE JUST SEEN
EXEMPLARY- EFFORTS TO BRING
EQUITABLE FOREST FIRE-
RESILIENCE TO BOTH COMMUNITIES
AND THE LANDSCAPE. AND WE SEEN
THIS REALLY GREAT WORKING
RELATIONSHIP ACROSS THEM- BUT MY
FIRST THREE BLOCK GRANTEES-
WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THEIR
THERE WERE START WE- WERE SEEING
THEIR- FIRST PRIORITY PLANS COME
FROM. THEIR WORK AND FROM THERE
REGIONAL PARTY PLANS THAT WE
HAVE NOW- THERE ABOUT THREE
HUNDRED SIXTY TWO PROJECTS THAT
ARE ARE ARE ARE READY TO BE
FUNDED- AND KIND OF
INTERESTINGLY THOSE THOSE
PROJECTS REPRESENT FIFTY EIGHT
DIFFERENT NEED ENTITIES SO. YOU
START TO SEE THAT NETWORK EXPAND
. AND THEN. LAST ON TO DO TOUCH
ON THIS FUNDING PACKAGE THAT WE
ANNOUNCED AT THE SUNOCO. I'M
TASK FORCE ME. BECAUSE OF THIS
KIND OF DEEP ORGAN ACROSS AND
CAL- WE'RE TO SEE MULTIPLE
AGENCIES COMMIT TO. SEVENTY
MILLION DOLLARS IN FUNDING-
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE US
FOREST SERVICE SPREADING FUNDING
OVER THREE FORESTS- CAL FIRED
COMMITTING TO A MULTI. PARTNER
BLOCK GRANTS US FORCED HEALTH
AND TOUCHES ON WILDFIRE
PREVENTION FUNDING- IF WITH AND
FOR SERVICE DURING- MASS
STEWARDSHIP. AND THEN THE
REGIONAL FORCE OUR PROGRAM IS
GOING TO BE ROLLING OUT AT
SECOND PHASE OF INVESTMENT IN
THE STOMACH. TO ALL OF THESE
PARTNERS. THANK YOU VERY FOR
THAT. IN THAT WOULD BE IT THANK
YOU VERY MUCH THANK YOU SYSTEM
DIRECTOR PREFIGURE TESTIMONY
THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR
PANELISTS FOR THEIR TESTIMONY
WILL NOW MOVE TO QUESTIONS-
CENTER EARLIER. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH MR CHAIRMAN. I HAVE THREE
QUESTIONS IN THE FIRST ONE.
PROBABLY GOES TO PATRICK RIGHT
FIRST ALTHOUGH MAYBE THE OTHERS
CAN COMMENT. AND IN THE COURSE
OF THE HEARING YOU'VE TALKED
ABOUT FEDERAL PARTNERS AND LOCAL
PARTNERS PRIVATE LANDOWNERS AND
TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS. WHAT'S THE
SPLIT IN THE WORK THAT'S BEING
DONE- I DON'T KNOW. IF I'M
ASKING FOR POSSESS PRECISE
ACREAGE OR WHATEVER BUT WHEN YOU
HAVE A GOAL OF FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND ACRES TO BE TREATED.
WHAT'S THE RELATIVE- WAIT TO OF
EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL PARTNERS
IN WHO'S IMPLEMENTING IT. SURE
I'LL TAKE A CRACK AT THAT- ALL
RIGHT I THINK IT'S RENTS YOU
HEARD EARLIER THIS YEAR
STEWARDSHIP AGREEMENT AND-
COUPLE OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS FROM
THE GOVERNOR AND ASKED THE STATE
AGENCIES LED BY CAL FIRE TO RAMP
UP TO FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
ACRES TREATED ANNUALLY. AND THE
FOREST SERVICE IT'S DELL HAS
MADE A COMMITMENT TO TRY TO GET
THERE AS WELL- AS WE TALKED
ABOUT EARLIER GETS COMPLICATED
BETWEEN- SO CALLED FOOTPRINT
ACRES IN ACTIVITY ACRES BUT I
THINK BOTH OF THEM ARE READING
ROUGHLY WILL SEE AT THE END OF
THE MONTH WHEN WE- UNVEIL OUR
DRAFT NUMBERS ROUGHLY ABOUT THE
SAME. I WOULD SAY WITH RESPECT
TO CAL FIRE THAT OUR WORK IS
YOUR HEARD FROM G. TYLER HAS
HAS- SHIFTED DRAMATICALLY
AWKWARD PARTICULARLY ON
PRESCRIBED FIRE CANDIDLY THERE
WAS A LOT OF SKEPTICISM. THAT
CAL FIRE WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO
RAMP UP AS QUICKLY AS IT HAS
THEY'VE ALREADY EXCEEDED THEIR
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR HUNDRED
THOUSAND ACRE TARGET. FOR
TREATMENTS AND ARE ON THE WAY TO
ACHIEVING THEIR FIFTY THOUSAND
ACRE TARGET FOR PRESCRIBED FIRE-
THERE'S ALSO A NUMBER OF OTHER
AGENCIES INVOLVED LIKE BE A LAND
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE THE LOCALS
THE TRIBES THE PRIVATE. SO IT'S
A COMPLICATED PICTURE BUT
GENERALLY THE STATE AND FEDERAL
AGENCIES ARE ARE AT THE SAME
LEVEL WE'LL PROBABLY SEE THE
FEDERAL SIDE RAMP UP THEIR
INVESTING STARTING THIS YEAR
EIGHT BILLION DOLLARS THEMSELVES
BECAUSE OF MONEY THAT'S GOT NOW
COMING FROM CONGRESS. SO
HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE SORTING THAT
THROUGH THE NEXT. MONTHS IN THE
YEAR AHEAD TO GIVE YOU A BETTER
SENSE OF EXACTLY WHERE THE
DIFFERENCE AGENCIES ARE LANDING
WITH BOTH ACRES TREATED AND WITH
THEIR INVESTMENTS. I THINK. ONE
OF MY PRIMARY CONCERNS. WHO WAS
HOW MUCH IS GOING TO LAW SAID
THAT I DIDN'T JEFF HERE AND FOR
EXAMPLE. WHEN OUR THE GOVERNOR'S
BY WAS RELEASED AND- I CAN'T
REMEMBER IF IT WAS LAST YEAR THE
YEAR BEFORE. THERE WAS A MAJOR
AMOUNT FOR TREATING AND I ASKED.
HOW MUCH OF THAT GOES TO LOCALS
BECAUSE I WANT TO KNOW. IF THEIR
FIRE SAFE COUNCILS AND- IN THE
ALL POLITICS ARE LOCAL CATEGORY
WHEN THE CZ YOU FIRE HAPPENED IN
THE SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS. IT
TOOK NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY
FIVE HOMES BUT IT DIDN'T GET TO
OTHER PLACES NEAR THE SUMMIT-
WHERE THERE'S FIRE SAFE
COUNCILS. THE QUESTION WAS IS
ARE THEY GOING TO GET SOME OF
THIS MONEY AND THE ANSWER COMING
BACK SURPRISED ME IT WAS.
SOMETHING LIKE OVER 80% OF THE
MONEY THAT WAS PROPOSED FOR
BRIBES AND PRESCRIBED FIRE WAS
GONNA GO TO LOCALS AS OPPOSED TO
CAL FIRE AND SO THAT'S AS MUCH
WITH I WAS LOOKING FOR IS. I GET
WHAT THE STATE AND FEDS ARE
DOING BUT ARE WE REALLY TAKING
MONEY AND GIVING IT TO LOCAL
FIRE SAFE COUNCILS WHO ARE ON
THE GROUND AND I'VE DONE A LOT
OF THE PERMITTING AND I HAVE
GONE THROUGH THINGS. TO MAKE
SURE THAT THAT A MAJOR PIECE OF
THIS IS DONE BY THEM. YOU'RE ALL
ASK ALMOST OF ARC'S I TEACH I
WOULD HAVE TO FOLLOW UP BUT MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THE VAST
MAJORITY OF WORK. AT THE STATE
LEVEL IT'S IN THE STATE CATEGORY
BUT IT'S THROUGH FUNDING
PRIMARILY FROM CAL FIRE ON THE
IMPLEMENTATION SITE. AND TO SOME
EXTENT THE CONSERVATIVES USED
FOR EXAMPLE CAL FIRE HAS A TWO
HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR GRANT
PROGRAMS EACH FOR BOTH FIRE
PREVENTION AND FOREST HEALTH. IF
GOD GRANT PROGRAMS FOR
PRESCRIBED FIRE FOR WOOD
UTILIZATION SO. THE MAJORITY
WORK IS BEING DONE LOCALLY UNDER
UNDER THEIR- AUTHORITY. UNDER
THE VERGE GRANT PROGRAMS. THANK
YOU AND THEN BOB UNDER THE-
LEGISLATION THAT WAS PASSED A
COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. THERE'S AN
ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED TO THE
LEGISLATURE. EXCUSE ME. OUR BY
JANUARY FIRST ON THE PROGRESS TO
RECEIVING A REACHING THE GOALS
AND I DON'T THINK IT'S BEEN
SUBMITTED YET BY THIS JANUARY
FIRST. IS THAT EXPECTED SOMETIME
SOON. YEAH YOU'LL BE GETTING IS
A MEASURE EARLIER YOU'LL BE
GETTING A PACKAGE OF REPORTS
VERY SOON. A CAL FIRE WAS
REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A NUMBER
REPORTS BY THE END OF THE
CALENDAR YEAR AS WERE WE- THEN
C. R. A. WAS REQUIRED BY APRIL
WANT TO GIVE YOU. A FULL REPORT
ON ALL COUNTS ON ALL WILDFIRE
RELATED EXPENDITURES OR WERE IN
THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO GROUP
THOSE IN AND ALIGN THEM SO YOU
GET ONE SET OF INFORMATION
THAT'S ALL CONSISTENT. OF AND
HOPEFULLY THAT'LL BE- GETTING TO
YOU RIGHT AWAY THANK YOU AND
THEN THE LAST QUESTION IS I KNOW
AND KAYLEE BRIDES. TESTIMONY HE
HIGHLIGHTED BARRIERS AND
BOTTLENECKS TO ANY OF YOU THAT
THAT WISH TO ANSWER WHAT DO YOU
NEED THAT YOU DON'T HAVE ARM.
YOU HAVE THESE GOALS YOU HAVE
MONEY YOU HAVE CERTAIN STATUTORY
AUTHORITY. WHAT WHAT MIGHT YOU
NEED TO ACCOMPLISH THESE GOALS
THAT THAT YOU DON'T HAVE
LEGISLATIVE LAWYER BUDGETARY
EARLIER OTHERWISE. MY GENERAL
SENSE IS CERTAINLY THE OTHER
PANELS CAN WEIGH IN HERE IS I
THINK WE'VE GOT THE LEGISLATIVE
AUTHORITY WE NEED. IT'S A MATTER
AS YOU'VE HEARD FROM ALL OF US
OF HAVING SUSTAIN FUNDING FROM
THE LEGISLATURE AND FROM THE
ADMINISTRATION. ON AND ALSO TO
SUPPORT OUR MOVE TO MORE FUNDING
AT THE LANDSCAPE LEVEL IN THE
BLOCK GRANT LEVELS THAT WE DON'T
HAVE. PROJECT BY PROJECT
EXPENDITURES SPREAD OVER THE
STATE- THAT'S PROBABLY THE
BIGGEST ISSUE THAT WE'RE FACING
IT ALSO HAS A BIG IMPACT ON
WOULD UTILIZATION OF WORKFORCE.
IF AN INDIVIDUAL AGENCY IS. THE
GETTING A COMPETITIVE GRANT FOR
ONE PROJECT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO
HIRE FULL TIME STAFF FOR SEVERAL
YEARS. ON AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA
HAVE BUSINESSES LOCATE THAT AREA
TO PROCESS THE WOOD. SO AS YOU
HEARD FROM KEIGHLEY YOU'RE
REALLY MOVING TOWARDS GIVING
REGION'S. TEN TWENTY THIRTY
FORTY SEVENTY MILLION DOLLARS IN
CONSOLIDATED COORDINATED FUNDING
SO THEY CAN RAMP UP ACROSS THE
BOARD. SO WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE
SURE THE LEGISLATURE
ADMINISTRATION IS SUPPORTIVE OF
THAT APPROACH IT IS A NEW WAY OF
DOING BUSINESS BOTH AGENCIES
TRADITIONALLY. FUNDED PROJECTS
ON A PROJECT BY PROJECT BASIS SO
WE HOPE YOU'LL WE WILL HAVE YOUR
SUPPORT REMOVING MORE
AGGRESSIVELY TOWARDS A LANDSCAPE
LEVEL BLOCK GRANT PROGRAMS OF
THE AGENCIES MAN IN MOVING. THAT
TRIGGERS A FOLLOW UP QUESTION A
MISTER CHAIR AND MOVING TO A
LANDSCAPE A LOOK AT THAT. YOU
MENTIONED INDIVIDUAL PERMITTING
AND EAT. IT USED TO BE REQUIRED
THAT EVERY INDIVIDUAL AGENCY. I
HAD TO SEND OUT NOTICES AS PART
OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND-
ONE OF THE FASCINATING STORIES
OF THE PARADISE FIRE IS THOSE
NOTICES WERE ABOUT TO GO OUT
THEY'D BEEN PRINTED. AND THEY'D
BEEN COLLECTED AND PUT IN A CAR
IN THE PRINTING SHOP BURNED DOWN
BUT THE CAR DIDN'T AND YET MOST
OF THE PEOPLE'S PROPERTY HAD
BURNED IF THEY WERE GOING TO
MAIL BUT NOTICES TO. AND THERE
THERE WAS A STATE WIDE E. I. R.
THAT WAS DONE AT SOME POINT TO
TRY TO WESSON. WHAT. THE
PERMITTING WAS NECESSARY YEAH
THE END OF THE- LAW. IT WHEN YOU
SAY THE REACH LAND. DOES THAT
SUPER. THAT FORM PROCESS. DO YOU
GET PERMITTED SORT OF REGIONALLY
NOW AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO
THROUGH ALL THOSE INDIVIDUAL
THINGS. WHICH JURISDICTIONS THAT
HAPPENED BEFORE. I THINK IT IS
IN LARGE PART DEPENDS ON THE
PROJECT THE PROBLEM WHEN YOU GO
PROJECT BY PROJECT AS YOU
MENTION IS OFTEN YOU NEED A
PERMIT YOU NEED STAFF YOU NEED
APPROVALS. FOR EVERYONE OF THOSE
SMALL PROJECTS SO IT'S VERY VERY
LABOR INTENSIVE AND COFFEE AND
POSSIBLY IF YOU GO TO LANDSCAPE
LEVEL IT TRIGGERS A DIFFERENT
LEVEL ISSUE QUITE DIFFERENT
LEVEL PERMITTING- WE'RE TRYING
TO GRAPPLE WITH THAT NOW TO GIVE
THE AGENCIES THE TOOLS THEY NEED
TO DO THAT PLANNING AND
PERMITTING A LANDSCAPE LEVEL.
BUT IT OFTEN DEPENDS ON THE TYPE
OF PROJECT AND THE AND THE- BILL
IS IT A FEDERAL PROJECT IS A
STATE PROJECT AT CETERA- TO MORE
SPECIFICALLY ANSWER YOUR
QUESTION WELL I THINK WHEN I WAS
ASKING WHAT DO YOU NEED THAT YOU
DON'T HAVE. IF THERE'S THIS
EXTENSIVE PROCESS FOR EACH THING
THAT IS SLOWING THIS DOWN. IS
GOOD TO KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY
IMPROVEMENTS THAT CAN BE MADE
THAT WE MIGHT STATUTORILY OR
OTHERWISE ADDRESS. TO MAKE SURE
THAT. THAT THESE ACTUALLY
HAPPEN. SO ARE ARE. APPRECIATE
THE RESPONSE TO THOSE QUESTIONS
AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE REST OF
THE YEAR THANK YOU SAID EARLIER
THAT WAS SLIGHTLY MORE THAN
THREE QUESTIONS MAYBE THREE
POINT ONE FOUR TODAY ON FRIDAY-
I ALREADY HAD THIS EXCHANGE.
ALREADY HAD THIS EXCHANGE WHEN
THE BUDGET DIRECTOR ONE A
QUESTION ISN'T PASSED. THE
FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO MAKE THEM
ANSWER THE- QUESTION DOESN'T
COUNT LITTLE. BY LITTLE PROJECT
NEVER MIND- I. FEELING SO A-
THANK YOU VERY. I JUST WANT TO
REITERATE WHAT WE SAID EARLIER
THAT THAT THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A
PARAMOUNT CONCERN. TO OF US IN.
I READ- THE CO. REGION OR COUNTY
WE TO HAVE BEEN AFFLICTED WITH A
NUMBER OF WILDFIRES IN RECENT
YEARS. INCLUDING THE SILVERADO
FIRE THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER.
THIS IS SOMETHING I THINK ALL OF
US ARE FOLLOWING VERY CLOSELY
THE TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF
ACREAGE IS IMPORTANT. I EVEN IF
IT IS VERY TECHNICAL. OUT WITH
THAT I GUESS I HAD A FEW
QUESTIONS HERE MAYBE THREE POINT
ONE FOUR MAYBE SLIGHTLY LESS-
CHIEF TAYLOR. FOR YOU. I WAS
INTERESTED YOU COULD TELL ME A
LITTLE BIT. ABOUT HOW CAL FIRE
MIGHT BE WORKING OR PLANNING TO
WORK WITH PRIVATE INDUSTRY. TO
TRY TO ACHIEVE SOMETHING OR
ANNUAL TREATMENT TARGETS NEED
ARE THERE PLANS TO WORK WITH
PRIDE INDUSTRIES OR WHAT IS THAT
LOOK LIKE. SO A LOT ABOUT THE
PRIVATE INDUSTRY WORKERS THROUGH
THE COLLABORATION OF THE TASK
FORCES COMING TOGETHER. AND
DETERMINING HOW WE'RE GOING TO
WORK THROUGH ALL OF THE GOALS
TOGETHER. NOW THROUGH WORK
FORCE- IN BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT-
WE HAVE PROVIDED GRANT
OPPORTUNITIES TO- WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT AND- IN AREAS OF
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WORKING WITH
SIERRA PACIFIC INDUSTRIES FOR
REFORESTATION. AND BUILDING AN
ADDITIONAL NURSERY FOR
ADDITIONAL CAPACITY. IN SISKIYOU
COUNTY AND AS AN EXAMPLE IN
CRESCENT MILLS JUST THE SOUTH OF
GREENVILLE- WE WORK WITH THOSE
COMMUNITIES IN THIS PRIVATE
PARTNERS TO ESTABLISH. A SMALL
MILL FACILITIES ACROSS THE
LANDSCAPE. SO THERE ARE EXAMPLES
ACROSS THE STATE IN WHICH WE'RE
WORKING WITH- PRIVATE PARTNERS
BUT THEY'RE THOSE ARE JUST THREE
OF THEM. I THANK YOU CHIEF TYLER
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE- MY
NEXT QUESTION I IS EITHER FOR-
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR BRIGHT OR
DIRECTOR- RIGHT- AND I IT REALLY
THAT IT'S A QUESTION ON THE
METRICS THAT WE'RE USING- AND I
GUESS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHETHER
SOMETHING IS TREATED FOR
PURPOSES OF FIRE PREVENTION. ONE
I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT
THAT MEANS AND TWO I WAS
WONDERING IF. THERE MIGHT BE
METRICS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT
THAT MIGHT DISTINGUISH BETWEEN
WHERE THERE ISN'T IN A
PARTICULAR ACRE IS TREATED FOR
PURPOSES OF THIS CHAPARRAL AREAS
THAT WERE DESCRIBED EARLIER OR
FOR THE FORESTED AREAS BECAUSE I
PRESUME. I THINK IT WAS
MENTIONED EARLIER- THAT THERE
ARE GONNA BE DIFFERENT TYPES OF
TREATMENTS THAT WE LOOK TO SO OF
EITHER COULD SPEAK TO THOSE
POINTS BASICALLY WHAT DOES IT
MEAN WHEN YOU SAY TREATED AND
SHOULD WE BE THINKING ABOUT WHAT
TREATED MEANS AND DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVE FOR THOSE TYPES OF-
OF ACRES. YEAH I THINK IF YOU
SUGGESTED THERE'S MORE THAN ONE
WAY TO TOWN WHAT OCCURS ARE
TREATED AS I MENTIONED EARLIER
WILL BE GIVING YOU SOON-
STARTING WITH OUR MARCH
THIRTIETH MEETING AN ESTIMATE OF
THE NUMBER OF. FOOTPRINT ACRES
AT IS HOW MANY ACRES THROUGHOUT
THE STATE ARE BEING TREATED
ANNUALLY. THE SECOND MEASURES
WILL BE CALLED FRIEDMAN ACRES
AND THAT WILL COUNT. IF AS A AS
YOU HEARD EARLIER IF AN AGENCY
OR A LOCAL AGENCY GOES IN AND
DOES. A ANY PROJECT AND THEN A
PRESCRIBED BURN WILL BE ABLE TO
SEE THAT AS WELL SO YOU BOTH GET
TREATMENT ACRE FOOTPRINT ACRES.
WE'RE ALSO DEVELOPING A SET OF
METRICS AND FACT DOCTOR BATTLES
IS LEADING OUR EFFORT THERE.
BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW IT'S NOT AT
THE END OF DAY ABOUT ACRE STREET
IT'S ABOUT. WHAT WHAT WHERE ARE
WE WITH RESPECT TO PROTECTING
COMMUNITIES IMPROVING FOREST
HEALTH STORING CARBON IMPROVING
BIODIVERSITY. WE'VE GOT A BIG
SERIES OF METRICS AND PILLARS OF
RESILIENCE SO THAT YOU AND
OTHERS WILL NOT ONLY GET
ESTIMATES OF HOW MANY ACRES
RETREATED. WHAT'S THE BENEFIT OF
TREATING THOSE ACRES IN MEETING
OUR STATE'S GOALS ALL OF THAT IS
UNDER WAY ALL THE TO DROP RIGHT
NOW IT'LL BE ROLLING OUT IN EACH
OF THOSE ARE GOING TO BE
SPECIFIC TO EACH OF THE FOUR
MAJOR. REGION SO OBVIOUSLY YOUR
GOAL IN TREATING CHAPARRAL CAN
BE VERY DIFFERENT AS YOU HEARD
EARLIER FROM HER GOAL INTRIGUING
FOREST. SO WE HOPE TO HAVE BOTH
ESTIMATES THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE
OF BAKER STREET IT AND THE
BENEFIT. YOU GET FROM TREATING
THOSE ACRES. AND WILL THAT BE
PART OF WHAT YOU DESCRIBE WILL
THAT BE PART OF THE BIG PACKAGE
RELEASE THAT YOU'RE LEASING TO
US LATER THIS SPRING. LATER THIS
MONTH YOU'LL GET THE TREATMENT
TRACKING SYSTEM WHERE WE HAVE A
LINE FEDERAL STATE LOCAL PRIVATE
SO THAT WE CAN SEE HOW MANY
ACRES WERE TREATED. WITH RESPECT
TO THE METRICS WE'RE GOING
REGION BY REGION WE HAVE A SOLID
SET OF METRICS. THAT ARE ALREADY
DONE AND IN PLACE FOR THIS YEAR
AND OF OUT OF THINGS LIKE THE
DENSITY OF THE TREES. ON THE
HEALTH OF THE WATER BODIES-
WHERE CARBON STORAGE
OPPORTUNITIES ARE AT CETERA. WE
WENT TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
EARLIER IN FEBRUARY LAID OUT A
SET OF METRICS FOR THAT AREA.
WE'RE GONNA BE GOING TO THE
CENTRAL COAST IN A COUPLE OF
MONTHS AND THEN UP TO THE NORTH
COAST. IN THE FALL SO WE'RE
TAKING A REGION BY REGION
APPROACH. TO WORK WITH THE
REGION'S ON DEFINING WHAT
SUCCESS. AND WHAT REALLY WHAT
RESILIENCY IS IN EACH OF THOSE
REGIONS. AND THEN BY NEXT YEAR
WE'RE GONNA PULL IT ALL TOGETHER
INTO A STATEWIDE ASSESSMENT. OF
HOW WE'RE DOING SO WILL COMBINE
THE REGIONAL EFFORTS. WITH THE
STATEWIDE. ASSESSMENT. AS PART
OF OUR UPDATED THE ACTION PLAN.
THANK YOU AS- DIRECTOR RIGHT
EVEN. THOUGHTS YOU KNOW WHAT WE
DON'T WE DON'T REALLY WORK WITH
THE METRICS ON THEM AND I'M
GONNA GROUP WORK MORE WITH THE
PARTNERS AND- THEN DEVELOPMENT
PROJECTS. CUTS OF MORE THAN ON
THAT NOTE I JUST KNOW THAT THEY
ARE UPSET AT SEA PROGRAM IS VERY
IMPORTANT TO MY AREA- JUST GIVEN
UNIQUE FIRED NEEDS WE HAVE. AND
I GUESS FOLLOWING UP ON THAT
WHEN YOU SEE ANTICIPATE THAT THE
R. F. C. PROGRAM WILL FINISH
ROLLING OUT STATE ONE. YOU KNOW
I THINK WE'LL- I THINK WE'LL BE
ABLE TO COVER. YOU KNOW A LITTLE
OVER NINETY PERCENT- IN THIS
YEAR AND THEN THE LAST SECTION
OF THE STATE ARE- HIGHLY LIKE
LARGELY ON. A AND YOU KNOW WHAT
THE LOOK TORE STATEWIDE PARTNERS
TO DO THINK COUNTY AGENCIES
NUMBERS TO FILL THOSE OUT SO
THOSE WILL BE- LATER ON BUT THEY
ARE NOT. IN AS MUCH IN. THE
POPULATED AREAS AND THE AND THE
MOVIE AROUND THAT MESS. AND- AB
ARE OUT THERE. THANK YOU. I'M
GOING BACK FULL CIRCLE ON
FRIDAY- TO FIX THE DIRECTOR
RIGHT SORRY I'M GONNA DO THIS
ALL DAY- WHAT. DO YOU ANTICIPATE
THAT WE WILL WILL WE HIT THE
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND ACRE GOAL
BY TWENTY TWENTY FIVE. AND THEN
I WANT TO REPEAT THE QUESTION I
ASKED DOCTOR BATTLES BEFORE- IS
THAT THE RIGHT NUMBER. YEAH
QUESTION BOTH ON THE- WILL AT
THE END THE MONTH GONNA ROLL OUT
OR TRY. SO IN GENERAL I THINK
YOU'RE FINE WORK GENERALLY ABOUT
HALFWAY THERE. WELL WHAT WE'RE
TRYING TO ASSESS NOW IS GETTING
HANDLE STATEWIDE IS NEVER BEEN
DONE BEFORE. TO GET TOGETHER A
PACKAGE OF ALL THE PLAN PROJECTS
THROUGHOUT THE STATE SO THAT. WE
CAN BETTER ANSWER THAT QUESTION
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO DO A SERIES
OF MODELING EXERCISES REGION BY
REGION. TO DETERMINE WHAT'S THE
BEST MIX IN EACH REGION BETWEEN
PRESCRIBED FIRE THINNING
REFORESTATION TO GET TO THAT
TARGET. I'M CONFIDENT WITH
SUSTAIN FUNDING IN A RAMP UP
ONCE WE GET THAT DATA WILL BE
ABLE TO GET THERE. BOB OVER
STILL THE POINT NOW WHERE WE'RE
PUTTING TOGETHER THE TOOLS TO
BETTER ANSWER THAT QUESTION. I
THANK YOU APPRECIATE YOUR
TESTIMONY I AND AN ANSWER TO
THAT- THE SENATE OR ARE VICE
CHAIR SIDE AS A QUESTION. THANK
YOU. I CHEAP TYLER. WHEN YOU'RE
IN THERE SOMEWHERE- THE HUNDRED
THOUSAND ACRES GOT TREATED THIS
LAST PAST YEAR. WHAT DID THAT
TREATMENT CONSISTENT WITH THAT
PRESCRIBED FIRES RESIDE
CLEARING. AND KIND OF WHAT
PERCENTAGE OF EACH OF THOSE
AREAS WHERE- WE'RE TREATED. WITH
ONE OF. THANK YOU SENATOR- I
WILL CERTAINLY GET BACK TO YOU
WITH THOSE- DEFINITIVE. NUMBERS
THAT WE HAVE WHAT I WILL TELL
YOU. IS IN TWENTY TWENTY ONE ARE
OVER A HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN
THOUSAND ACRES WERE TREATED
THREE FOUR CELLS HEALTH
PREVENTION AND- UNITS FIRE PLAN
RELATED- AREAS OF IMPACT LAST
YEAR WAS. A HUNDRED NINE
THOUSAND THEN THIS YEAR- IS
CURRENTLY SITTING AT THIRTY
SEVEN THOUSAND. ONE SIXTY EIGHT
M. I CAN GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT
MORE DETAIL ON THIS CURRENT
YEAR- OF THAT THIRTY SEVEN
THOUSAND ONE SIXTY EIGHT. I CAN
TELL YOU THAT SEVENTEEN THOUSAND
FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY ONE. OF
THOSE ACRES WERE TREATED TO
PRESCRIBED FIRE- THE REMAINDER
THROUGH MECHANICAL AND HAND
THINNING BUT I GET MORE DETAILS
ON THE PREVIOUS SCREEN ARE YOU
TALKING ABOUT LIKE THIS YEAR
LIKE TWENTY TWENTY THREE THIS
YEAR I CAN'T IMAGINE A
PRESCRIBED FIRE BEING ABLE TO
BE. DONE IN TWENTY TWENTY THREE
EVERYTHING'S WET. SO IT IS A
UNIQUE THING FOR THE PASSWORD
ANOTHER ITEM THAT WE'RE ALL
WORKING TOGETHER IS- THE TIME
FRAMES AND HOW WE COLLABORATE
THAT INFORMATION. BETWEEN THE
STATE'S FISCAL YEAR- FEDERAL
FISCAL YEAR IN A CALENDAR YEAR
SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALL
DISCUSSING ON SO WHEN I TALK
ABOUT- TWENTY TWENTY TWO IT'S
THE FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY
TWO IN MOST OF THOSE ACRES. WERE
DONE- ACTUALLY AND IT SHOWS ME
THAT WE'RE STARTING TO MOVE THIS
CULTURE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT
MOST OF IT WAS DONE IN. IN THE
LATTER PORTION OF THE FIRE
SEASON IN TWENTY TWO GREAT THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR CLARIFYING THAT-
ANTICIPATED HEARING BECAUSE THAT
HAS A- BIG IMPACT ON ON WORKLOAD
AND. ALSO- PREVENTING US READ A
THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN DONE YOU
GUYS HAVE AN THAT KIND OF A
CURING DAY YOU'RE PROBABLY
LOOKING AT THIS YEAR AND MIGHT
BE A LOT LATER THAN WE ARE USED
TO. YEAH AND YOURSELF AND CENTER
LAYERED OPEN WITH TODAY- WE
RECOGNIZE THAT THIS WET SEASON
AS SOON AS IT DRIES OUT IS GOING
TO CREATE A GRASS CROP NOW WE-
LOOK AT OUR- PREDICTIVE
SERVICES. MODELS FROM THE NORTH
AND THE SOUTH THEY REALLY RELATE
TO US THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
WHAT IS CONSIDERED THROUGH- JUNE
AS A NORMAL FIRE YEAR- MEANING
NOT TOO EXTREME IN THAT TIME
FRAME- BUT NOT- MODERATED BY
THIS WEATHER. EITHER I DO EXPECT
TO- YOU KNOW WE SAW THE RAIN
STOPPED NEXT WEEK. AND I HAVE NO
FURTHER RAIN THROUGH THE SEASON.
OBVIOUSLY IT'S GOING TO CARE IN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA QUICKER THAN
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WHAT I CAN
TELL YOU- AND WAS MENTIONED AT
THE BEGINNING THIS HEARING IS-
WE WILL HAVE A AN INCREASE GRASS
CROP IN THAT GRASS PROBLEM.
WILDLAND FIRE IGNITIONS- INTO
THE BRUSH IN THE INTO THE TIMBER
I'VE QUICKLY SO WE WILL HAVE TO
WORK THROUGH THAT. NOT YET
HOPEFULLY THE PROGRAMS FOR
PRIVATE OWNERS- THEIR GRASS
THEIR BRUSH CLEARANCE- TAKES
THAT INTO ACCOUNT. BECAUSE
THERE'S NOTHING MORE FRUSTRATING
FOR THEM. THEN TO BE TOLD TO
CLEAR THEIR- YOU KNOW GOOGLE CUT
THEIR THEIR THESE AREAS OUT AND
OUR OUR MARMOL THE GRASS
BASICALLY SO AS LOW BUT THEN IT
JUST GROWS RIGHT BACK IF YOU DO
IT TOO EARLY. AND SO YOU'RE
DOUBLING THEIR WORKLOAD WHICH
CAN TRANSLATE INTO A LOT OF
MONEY SO I'M- HOPING THE VERY
WARY OF THAT WHEN THEY'RE OUT
THERE DOING THEIR BRUSH
CLEARANCE WITH PRIVATE OWNERS.
AND AND ALLOW THEM TO ACTUALLY
CUT IT WHEN IT'S MOST BENEFICIAL
WHERE THEY WILL ONLY HAVE TO DO
IT ONCE- AND I KNOW THAT'S A
LITTLE TRICKY BUT- BECAUSE- WE
GOT TO DO BEFORE GETS TO DRIVE
IT AT THE SAME TIME SO WON'T
GROW BACK. AND SO ANYWAY. THANK
YOU GUYS FOR YOUR INFORMATION ON
ON WHAT WE'RE DOING- UP TO DATE.
AND APPRECIATE ALL THANK YOU.
THANK YOU DIRECTOR RYE CHIEF
TYLER'S- BRIGHT YOUR- TO. WE'RE
ON OUR THIRD. OF THE DAY THIS
STAKEHOLDER. PANEL IN OUR FIRST
PRESENTER IS AN ORANGE COUNTY
LEADER IN ADDRESSING WILDFIRES-
AND I BELIEVE A CONSTITUENT OF
MINE. MICHAEL CONNELLY FROM THE
IRVINE RANCH CONSERVANCY WELCOME
MR O'CONNELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH
SENATOR MEN AND MEMBERS OF THE
COMMUNITY- I REALLY APPRECIATE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE
TESTIMONY TODAY. YOU ARE CORRECT
I AM ONE OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS
AND IN FACT WE MANAGE A LOT OF
LAND IN YOUR DISTRICTS SO IT'S
GOOD TO BE HERE. I'M GONNA SHARE
MY SCREEN YOU CAN SEE MY
PRESENTATION- AND I'M GOING TO
BE TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT
WILDFIRE IN THE SOUTH COAST
REGION AND RISK REDUCTION- FIRST
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE RUNNERS
CONSERVANCY WERE A FIVE OH ONE
C. THREE NON PROFIT. AND WE'RE
IN A UNIQUE SITUATION AS A UN
AFFECTS THE BLOCK GRANT T. AS
KELLY MENTIONED- MOST OF THE
FOCUS EARLY ON WAS WITH STATE
CONSERVANCY'S RCB'S. AND OTHERS-
WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE
THINGS IN ORANGE COUNTY AND SO-
RENDON'S CONSERVANCY SORT OF
FUNCTIONS IN THAT ROLE. IN THE
COMMUNITY WE ARE THE HUB OF A
NETWORK OF COORDINATION AND SO
IT MADE SENSE FOR US TO BE PART
OF THE R. F. THE PROGRAM- WE
HAVE A VERY ROBUST PROGRAMMING
MANAGE THIRTY THOUSAND ACRES OF
PUBLIC URBAN WILDLAND ALL OF IT
HIGHLY FIRE PRONE- WE HAVE A BIG
REACH INTO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL
ARE FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE ALL
IN TEARS INTO WE GIVE ABOUT
FIFTY THOUSAND. HOURS OF SERVICE
AND PROVIDE- ALMOST THREE
THOUSAND PUBLIC PROGRAMS AND
EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE
PUBLIC. I'M JUST A LITTLE BIT TO
REEMPHASIZE ABOUT THE SOUTH
COAST IT'S QUITE A COMPLICATED
PICTURE. OF VERY DENSE URBAN.
AREAS THAT ARE SURROUNDED BY
LARGE URBAN WILDLANDS THERE'S A
HUGE AMOUNT OF URBAN WILDLAND
INTERFACE- IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA A LOT OF THESE THESE
COMMUNITIES ARE AT RISK FROM
WILDFIRE. WE HAVE A LARGE AND
SPREAD OUT NATIONAL FOREST
SYSTEM. AND INTERESTINGLY
ENOUGH- FOUR OF THE SIX CONTRACT
COUNTIES THAT CAL FIRE HAS ARE
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SO A LOT
OF THE WORK LOCALLY IS BEING
DONE BY THE LOCAL FIRE
DEPARTMENTS UNDER CONTRACT
CALIFORNIA. BY CAL FIRE ITSELF.
I'M I WONDER EMPHASIZE AND I
WILL TO THANK PROFESSOR. FOR HIS
DISCUSSION OF THE- ECOLOGY OF
WILDFIRE. I WANT TO NOTE THAT IT
HAS BEEN A VERY LONG TIME COMING
FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO
RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS A VERY
DIFFERENT KIND OF FIREFIGHTER
REGENE. IN OUR SHRUBLANDS THEN
IN FORESTED SYSTEMS FOR SO LONG
WE HAD A ONE SIZE FITS ALL
MINDSET ABOUT MANAGING WILDFIRE
AND I PERSONALLY CONSIDER IT AN
ENORMOUS BREAKTHROUGH THAT WE'RE
NOW TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT
TYPES OF FIRE REGIMES. AND THE
DIFFERENT TYPES OF SOLUTIONS
THAT RESULT FROM THE- SO WHERE
WE ARE IN COASTAL SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA IT'S ALL ABOUT WINS
AND IT'S ALL ABOUT ADMISSIONS.
THE REGION IS HAVE FAR TOO MUCH
FIRE AND YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS
PICTURE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU
HAVE REPEATED FIRES. THE RETURN
INTERVAL FOR FIRE NORMALLY IS
BETWEEN SEVENTY AND A HUNDRED
AND FIFTY YEARS AND OUR CURRENT
FIRE RETURN INTERVALS FOR EACH
SQUARE METER BROWN IS BETWEEN
SEVEN AND TEN YEARS. YOU CAN SEE
WHAT HAPPENS OVER TIME IS THAT
SOME OF THESE SPECTACULAR OPEN
SPACES- BECOME SIMPLY DRIVE
BRUSH WITH AN L. LINKS AND FIRE
SEASON BECAUSE- THESE HEAVIER
FUELS DON'T CURE AS QUICKLY AS
THE- MORE FLAMMABLE GRASSES AS
WE ALL KNOW. AND OUR FIRES OF
BECOMING INCREASINGLY
CATASTROPHIC IN THE SOUTH COAST
OVER TIME AS THEY HAVE OTHER
PLACES. SO WHAT'S REALLY FOR YOU
TO KNOW THIS IS THAT IT'S VERY
UNCONVENTIONAL IT'S NOT ABOUT
FOREST FIRES WITH THE BALLOT
BASICALLY URBAN WILDFIRES IN
TROUBLE AND STETTER IGNITED BY
HUMANS. ALMOST A 100% OF OUR
FIRES ARE HUMAN CAUSED EITHER
ACCIDENTALLY OR INTENTIONALLY-
AND THEY'RE DRIVEN BY THE STRONG
SEASONAL WENT AS WE CALL HIM
SANTA ANAS. AND THEY'RE ONLY
EIGHTEEN TO TWENTY FOUR DAYS A
YEAR RIGHT NOW I'M OFTEN ASKED
WHAT ROLE CLIMATE CHANGE HAS IN
THAT AND WE'RE NOT EXACTLY SURE
IT MAY BE THAT THESE SEASONAL
WIND EVENTS BECOME MORE FREQUENT
DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE OVER TIME.
BUT CURRENTLY THERE ARE ABOUT
EIGHTEEN TO TWENTY FOUR DAYS A
YEAR. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT
90% 10% OF OUR FIRES THE FIRES
THAT OCCUR DURING THOSE WIND
EVENTS AND I WANT TO JUST TRIPLE
UNDERLINED THAT. FOR MOST
ROUTINE IGNITIONS OUTSIDE OF
THESE WIND EVENTS THE LOCAL FIRE
DEPARTMENTS AND OTHERS WHO ARE
WORKING ON SUPPRESSION OR
EXTREMELY WELL RESOURCE TO
RESPOND TO AND SUPPRESS THOSE
FIRES BEFORE THEY GET LARGE. BUT
WHEN THE WIND EVENTS OCCURRING
YOU HAVE SEVENTY EIGHTY
SOMETIMES NINETY MILE AN HOUR
WINDS WE RECORDED THAT- UP ON A
PLACE WE CALL WINDY RIDGE IN
ORANGE COUNTY- YOU'VE-
HELICOPTERS ARE GROUNDED- YOU'RE
YOU'RE WAITING FOR THE WINDS TO
SUBSIDE MEANWHILE THE LAND IS
BURNING. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT
THEY EMBERS WILL SPREAD UP TO
FIVE MILES DOWNWIND AND I'VE SAT
WATCHING THE NEWS- AND SEEN. A
FIRE IN THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY
WITH THE FIRE ON THE EAST SIDE
OF THE FIVE FREEWAY LIGHTING
HOUSES ON FIRE ON THE WEST SIDE
OF THE FIVE FREEWAY. WHICH WOULD
YOU WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE A
GOOD FIREBREAK BUT IN THIS CASE
BECAUSE OF THE WINDS AND THE
EMBERS IT'S NOT. SO THEY'RE VERY
VERY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE
TO SUPPRESS WITH CONVENTIONAL
METHODS METHODS THESE
CATASTROPHIC FIRES WHAT I'M
TALKING ABOUT. SO DOES TO ONE IS
IT PUTS OUR COMMUNITIES AT RISK
OBVIOUSLY AND SPEAKING JUST
SPECIFICALLY ABOUT ORANGE COUNTY
ALONE IN TWENTY TWENTY NINETY
THOUSAND PEOPLE WERE EVACUATED
SOME OF THEM TWICE WE HAVE OUR
TWO MAJOR FIRES A SILVERADO
FIRING THE BONFIRE. ON MOST OF
OUR COUNTY IS EITHER DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY VULNERABLE DIRECTLY
DUE TO THE FIRES AND INDIRECTLY
DUE TO SMOKE AND OTHER THINGS
THAT HAPPEN AND AMBER CAST AS A
RESULT OF THAT- WHEN SCHOOLS ARE
CLOSED FOR A WEEK BECAUSE OF A
FIRE THAT'S GOING ON. MILES AND
MILES AWAY THAT IS A DIRECT
THAT'S AN INDIRECT IMPACT THAT
IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT. ALSO VERY
IMPORTANT AS WE HAVE THOUSANDS
OF AGING STRUCTURES THAT ARE AT
HIGH RISK FROM MEMBERS MOST OF
THE NEW YORK DEVELOPMENTS IN
ORANGE COUNTY THAT MEET THE CODE
OF SEVEN A ARE ARE DOING
ACTUALLY. RELATIVELY WELL BUT
THESE THOUSANDS OF AGING
STRUCTURES ARE AT GREAT RISK
FROM EMBERS AND THERE'S A HUGE
NEED FOR RETROFITTING THOSE TO
MAKE THEM MORE RESILIENT- AND
THERE ARE ALSO HUNDREDS OF FUEL
MILEAGE ZONES THAT ARE AROUND
THESE COMMUNITIES THAT
DEFENSIBLE SPACE WE CALL IT.
THAT REQUIRE MAINTENANCE- THE
ORANGE COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY
DOES A HUGE NUMBER OF
INSPECTIONS EVERY YEAR BUT IT'S
NOT THE FIRE AUTHORITY'S JOB TO
RESPOND TO THOSE INSPECTIONS
THEY JUST POINT OUT WHAT NEEDS
TO HAPPEN. AND SOME OF THESE
YOUR MODS OWNS REMAIN ON MANAGE
AND MAINTAIN. ALSO VERY
IMPORTANT I THINK VERY RELEVANT
TO WHAT THIS COMMITTEE IS
CHARGED WITH IS OUR INVESTMENTS
IN LAND PROTECTION ARE
THREATENED. BY THIS PROBLEM AS
WELL AGAIN AN ORANGE COUNTY
ALONE SIXTY THOUSAND ACRES OF
HIGHLY BIODIVERSE URBAN
WILDLANDS HAVE BEEN PROTECTED
SINCE NINETEEN EIGHTY THESE ARE
GLOBALLY SIGNIFICANT LANDS WITH
SPECTACULAR NATURAL RESOURCES.
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FUNDS HAVE
BEEN SPENT DOING THIS. THEY
PROTECT OVER A HUNDRED AND
TWENTY RARE SPECIES AND NATURAL
COMMUNITIES AND THEY ALSO
PROVIDE CRITICAL OPEN SPACE FOR
NATURE OF PEOPLE THAT ENTIRE
SYSTEM THAT ENTIRE INVESTMENT IS
AT RISK. WE WILL SEE TYPE
CONVERSION OF THESE HABITATS
OVERTIME AS YOU SAW IN THE
PREVIOUS PICTURE I SHOWED IF WE
DON'T GET A HANDLE ON THE FIRE
ISSUE THIS IS WHAT BRINGS MY
ORGANIZATION AS A CONSERVATION
ORGANIZATION TO THE TABLE. IT'S
THE SAME THREAT THE IT IS THE
SINGLE GREATEST THREAT TO THE
SURVIVAL OF THE HEALTH OF THESE
WILD LANDS- WILDFIRE IS THAT.
CORRECT AND SO IT'S IMPERATIVE
THAT WE WORK ON IT- AS I
MENTIONED AN I'M- UNCONVENTIONAL
ISSUES SO UNCONVENTIONAL
RESPONSES ARE NEEDED. IGNITION
PREVENTION NUMBER ONE THESE ARE
THE THREE THINGS THAT THAT NEED
TO HAPPEN AND THEY'VE BEEN
IDENTIFIED. BY THE COLLABORATION
THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR
QUITE SOME TIME BUT I'LL MENTION
IN A MINUTE. NUMBER ONE IGNITION
PREVENTION 93% OF OUR IGNITIONS
START ON ROADWAYS AND POWER LINE
INFRASTRUCTURE. IT'S IF YOU LOOK
AT THESE TWO DIFFERENT MAPS
THESE ARE TWO COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT PARTS OF SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA. BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT
THE IGNITION MAP ALMOST IS A
ROADWAY MATH GIVEN HOW MUCH OF
OUR ADMISSIONS OCCUR A LONG
THESE ROADWAYS. SO THAT'S NUMBER
ONE IGNITION PREVENTION
ESPECIALLY DURING THOSE HIGH
WIND EVENTS WE DON'T HAVE TO
PREVENT EVERY COMMISSION ALONG
THE ROADWAY WE JUST HAVE TO
PREVENT THEM THAT EIGHTEEN TO
TWENTY FOUR DAYS A YEAR. WHEN
THEY WILL TURN INTO CATASTROPHIC
FIRES SO THERE'S SOME LEVERAGE
THERE AND SOME OPPORTUNITY THERE
IT'S NOT THREE HUNDRED SIXTY
FIVE DAYS A YEAR IT'S EIGHTEEN
TO TWENTY FOUR DAYS MISTER
O'CONNELL I HAVE TO INTERRUPT IF
YOU DON'T MIND STARTING TO WRAP
UP. THANK YOU CERTAINLY
ABSOLUTELY SO THE TWO OTHER
THINGS I WANT TO MENTION ARE THE
STRUCTURE IS WILLIAMS WE NEED TO
GO BACK AND RETROFIT WE NEED
DEFENSIBLE SPACE AND PREVENTION
FOR MEMBERS. AND WE ALSO NEED
THESE STRATEGIC FUEL
MODIFICATION ZONES- WE HAVE A
WORKING GROUP WE'VE BEEN WORKING
SINCE TWO THOUSAND AND FIFTEEN
CALL COAST. AND IT HAS ALL OF
THESE ORGANIZATIONS TOGETHER
WORKING TO SHARE THAT PROBLEM
THAT HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT
EARLIER- I'VE MENTIONED ARE
URGENT RISK REDUCTION
PRIORITIES. AND SOUL JUST CLOSE
BY SAYING THE POLICY PRIORITIES
FOR THE SOUTH COAST THAT I WOULD
SHARE WITH YOU. NUMBER ONE
REGIONAL FOCUS SOLUTIONS I
CANNOT TELL YOU HOW IMPORTANT
THAT IS AND HOW. SUPPORTIVE THAT
IS TO THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING
ON OUR UNCONVENTIONAL RESPONSES
HERE IN ORANGE COUNTY- REGIONAL
COLLABORATIONS THROUGH OUR FSC.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER AS A
GROUP FOR FIVE YEARS IN ORANGE
COUNTY BUT THE. RFC WAS THE
CATALYST THAT ALLOWED US TO THE
GET TO POINT WHERE WE'RE NOW.
DEVELOPING ACTION. AND THEN I
WANT ON UNDER. WHAT DIRECTOR
SAID SUSTAIN REGIONAL FUNDING
IMPLEMENTATION FUNDING FOR BLOCK
GRANTS. IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT
AS WELL. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY TO TESTIFY TODAY
AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTION THANK YOU MR O'CONNELL-
NEXT WE'LL HEAR FROM Y. G.
GENTRY VICE PRESIDENT OF THE
CALIFORNIA FORESTRY ASSOCIATION.
WELCOME MISTER GENTRY. THANK YOU
SIR I AM ALSO REGISTERED
PROFESSIONAL FORESTER. TWO TWO
SIX TWO AND SOME OVER FIFTY
YEARS AGO I STARTED MY CAREER
MEASURING TREES. IN THE MEASURE
TREES YOU MEASURE THEIR
CIRCUMFERENCE IN ORDER TO
OBTAIN- DIAMETER. IN THE COURSE
TO GET FROM CIRCUMFERENCE
DIAMETER YOU HAVE TO DIVIDE BY.
HI SO I APPRECIATE. ANY GOOD PIE
REFERENCE OR PI JOKE ESPECIALLY
TODAY SO THANK YOU SENATOR.
RUSSIAN WE TOOK. SO I'M GOING TO
COVER- THREE MAJOR TO- FIRST OF
ALL I DO THINK THAT IT AND THAT
I RECOGNIZE AND ACKNOWLEDGE MY
OLD FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE PATRICK
RIGHT WHO'S A COLLABORATION AND
COMMUNICATION WITH US HAS BEEN
OUTSTANDING. WE REALLY
APPRECIATE AND THANK YOU VERY
MUCH PATRICK. THE FIRST THING I
WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS A
REINFORCING A BIRD AREAS AND I
THINK THAT. OF THE STATE THE
LEGISLATURE THE ADMINISTRATION
CALIFORNIA ALL THESE ENTITIES
HAVE DONE A REMARKABLE JOB IN
TERMS OF BRINGING FUNDS TO BEAR.
YOUR HELP DEVELOP
INFRASTRUCTURE. WE'RE WORKING ON
A DEVELOPING BETTER CONE
COLLECTION WHICH IS IMPORTANT.
BECAUSE THESE FIRES CAN OFTEN
WIPE OUT SEEDS OWNS IT'S
IMPORTANT WE START BANKING SOME
OF THIS GENETIC MATERIAL FOR THE
FUTURE- LOT OF GOOD- EFFORT HAS
GONE INTO THIS PROGRAM. ONE
THING THAT I DO THINK THAT OUGHT
TO BE LOOKED AT FOR THE FUTURE
IS A CALIFORNIA FORCED
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM C. FIFTY.
THAT IS A PROGRAM THAT IS
SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR THE
NON INDUSTRIAL HONOR AND THEY
REALLY NEED THE- SUPPORT. IN
ORDER TO MANAGE THEIR LANDS
APPROPRIATELY THEY DON'T HAVE
THE RESOURCES. TO MANY OF MY
MEMBERS OF THE WORLD. AND SO
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO HAVE
ACCESS TO A CONSISTENT AND
STABLE FUNDING SO THAT'S
SOMETHING THAT I THINK THAT
SHOULD BE LOOKED AT. SECONDLY I
WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT A VERY
IMPORTANT ISSUE WHICH IS LOW
VALUE WOOD PRODUCTS. AND MY LOW
VALUE WOOD PRODUCTS AND PRODUCTS
THAT JUST DON'T PAY FOR THEIR
WAY OUT OF THE WOODS IN
PARTICULAR BIOMASS. IN A LOT OF
FOCUS GETS PAID TO.
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
RELIABLE FEEDSTOCK. EXHORTATION
INCENTIVES ALL THESE ARE GREAT
THINGS RATE TOOLS. I THINK IT'S
VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE ALSO
RECOGNIZE THAT MARKETS HAVE TO
BE THERE IN ORDER FOR THIS
MATERIAL TO HELP PAY ITS WAY
OUT. SO IT ISN'T ENTIRELY A
SUBSIDIZED THING. OUR MEMBERS
WOULD DO EVEN MORE FUEL
REDUCTION WORK IF THERE WAS SOME
WAY OF LIKE DISPOSING OF THIS
MATERIAL. AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW
WE HAVE A LOT OF UNUSED.
CAPACITY WITHIN THE BIOMASS
SYSTEM OF BIOMASS GENERATION I
THINK IT SHOULD BE GIVEN A
HIGHER PRIORITY IN THE RENEWABLE
SECTOR. I THINK THAT WOULD GO A
LONG WAY TO FACILITATING
PROJECTS- IN THE STATE SO I
THINK THOSE ARE TWO MAIN THINGS
I THINK THE JOINT INSTITUTE FOR
A- WHAT PRODUCTS INNOVATIVE WOOD
PRODUCTS IS A IS A GREAT PLACE
TO LIKE LOOK AT SOME OF THESE
THINGS- BUT I WOULD. STRONGLY
ENCOURAGE A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF
HOW WE CAN MAKE THESE THINGS.
MORE ECONOMIC. MORE VIABLE. IN
THE LAST THING I'D LIKE TO TOUCH
UPON HIS PERMIT SYNCHRONICITY.
OR PERMIT PERMITTING IN GENERAL-
AGAIN SO KUDOS TO CAL FIRE WELL
ONE THING THAT- IT IS JUST ABOUT
READY TO BE PUBLISHED IS. UNDER
ASSEMBLY BILL TWENTY EIGHT
EIGHTY NINE. OF THE RESERVE
REQUIREMENT TO PUT OUT GUIDANCE
FOR. AGENCIES AND PLANTS OF
MOTORS SO THEY WOULD UNDERSTAND
EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO
IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR
PLANS WERE. FULLY COMPLIANT WITH
SEEK WORD AND WOULD BE. MORE
EASILY REVIEWED. AND A
CALIFORNIA HAS DONE GREAT WORK
IN THIS REGARD IN IS ABOUT TO
PUBLISH IT AND THAT IS LIKE A
KEY COMPONENT. IN ALL OF THIS
BECAUSE THAT WILL HELP SET. THE
BUSINESS PRACTICES THAT ARE
NECESSARY FOR US TO. GO FOR WITH
OUR- PERMITS. THE BIG THING HERE
IN PERMITS SYNCHRONICITY IS
THAT- CALIFORNIA IS A VERY GOOD
JOB IN TERMS OF REVIEWING
HARVEST PLANS AND EXACTIONS THEY
DO ALL OF. A GREAT JOB- BUT IN
THE SEQUEL PROCESS THERE'S ALSO
THESE OTHER PERMITS AND
AGREEMENTS THAT HAVE TO COME A
COUPLE WARS. IN SO THEY RELY ON
THE ANALYSIS THAT'S DONE WITHIN
THE TIMBER HARVEST PLAN
SOMETIMES THOSE THINGS GET. HUNG
UP AND SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO
WORK ON THERE IS HOW WE CAN MAKE
THOSE SUBSEQUENT PERMITS AND
AGREEMENTS- COME ON BOARD MORE
QUICKLY. AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT
CAN BE DONE WE ARE WORKING ON A
PROCESS RIGHT NOW TO LIKE BRING
PEOPLE IN BRING THEM TO THE
TABLE SO THAT WE CAN LIKE.
ADDRESS WHAT THEY NEED FOR THEIR
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND
ANALYSIS SO THAT. THERE ISN'T
ANY UNDUE DELAY. TO BE SURE OF
MANY OF OUR PROJECTS GO FORWARD-
WITH ALACRITY BUT SOME DON'T AND
WE NEED TO ADDRESS WHAT IT IS
THAT HANGS THOSE THINGS UP. OF
THE FINAL THING THAT I DO THINK
IT'S IMPORTANT IS- TO ADDRESS
COUNTIES WHICH IS THE ELECTRONIC
SUBMISSION PROGRAM FOR- TIMBER
HARVEST PLANS AND EXEMPTIONS- SO
FAR IT'S WORKING FAIRLY WELL FOR
EXEMPTIONS THERE'S A LOT OF
HICCUPS IN A LOT OF BIRTHING
PAINS INVOLVED IN THIS BECAUSE-
FINALLY. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IS
AN ITERATIVE PROCESS IT'S A BACK
AND FORTH BETWEEN. A REVIEWING
AGENCIES THE PLANTS OF MATTER IN
ADDRESSING MITIGATIONS AND OTHER
NEEDS- BUT CALGARY'S HOLDS GREAT
PROMISE BECAUSE IT WILL HELP
FACILITATE. COMMUNICATION
BETWEEN ALL PARTIES SO THIS
INFORMATION IS SHARED IN A
TIMELY MANNER. AND AS I
MENTIONED EARLIER THE GUIDANCE
DOCUMENT THAT- CALIFORNIA IS
WORKING ON SHOULD HELP SET
BUSINESS PRACTICES. SO THAT
COMMUNICATION IS ON THE SAME.
LEVEL SO EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS
WHAT'S EXPECTED OF THEM AND
WHAT'S REQUIRED OF THEM. AND
WITH THAT. I WILL CONCLUDE.
THANK YOU MISTER GENTRY- NEXT
WE'LL HEAR FROM LIVES FOR SPRINT
PARTY FROM THE NATURE
CONSERVANCY WELCOME DOCTOR
FORSBERG PARTY. THANK YOU CHAIR
AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE MY
NAME IS LIZ FORSBERG AND I AM
STATE POLICY DIRECTOR FOR THE
NATURE CONSERVANCY. THANK YOU
CONSERVANCY IN THE GLOBAL
ENVIRONMENTAL NONPROFIT WORKING
TO CREATE A WORLD WHERE PEOPLE
AND NATURE CAN THRIVE IN
CALIFORNIA THE NATURE
CONSERVANCY WORKS TO PROTECT THE
ECOSYSTEM SPECIES AND NATURAL
RESOURCES THE STATE RELIES ON.
IN THIS YEAR ABOUT IT WE ARE
WORKING RESTORE WILDFIRES. AFTER
CENTURY EXCLUDING FIRES YEAR
FOREST EAST ARE NOT BEING OVER.
WESTERN DR MORRIS HAVE A BALL
FRIEDMAN FIRE WHICH REDUCE TREES
BRUSH. FOR ONE CHARACTER BY LAW
Y. SPACE TREES AND LOS FIRE I
KNOCKED ON BY A TREE THAT ARE TO
GO UP TO FIVE TIMES THEIR
NATURAL. AND BASICALLY TO MAY
FIRES. BUT IT YOU CONSERVANCY OF
COMMERCE TO THE CRISIS BUYING
THE AND SCALE FRESH ACT IN THIS
. THROUGH WORKING WITH PARTNERS
TO FOR TREASURY PROJECT LIKE
ECOLOGICAL AND CONTROLLED BURN.
AND DESIGNING STRATEGIES TO
BRING FORTH REST TO THE
LANDSCAPE. WE HAVE PLANNED NEXT
TO INCREASING MY OF FORCE
RESTORE ANY HOW WE GOT THERE.
FOR WE WANT FOR THE REST EFFORTS
ARE TO THREE HOW EVEN WAY FOR
SIR. THE LATEST RETRO. AND TO
REDUCE RISK OF SEVERITY WILDFIRE
WE HAVE ECOLOGICAL AFTER BY
BURNING TO. THAT ARE NOW BEING
SKILLED. THE ENGINE AND FIFTEEN
SECONDS YOU BROUGHT TOGETHER SO
FEDERAL AND PARTNER INCLUDE
PLASTIC WATER AGENCY. CUSTOMERS
TWENTY EIGHT THOUSAND RANCH
MEADOW RIGHT. THE GROUP TOOK THE
- FOR APPROACH TO USE IN. AND
SKILL ENOUGH. TEND LEARN. INTO
THE NINETEEN PEOPLE TO A TWO
HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE DOLLAR ACRE
. YUBA RIVER PROJECT IT IS THE
LAW FOR REST OF ITS IN YEAR
USING THE MY FROM MEADOWS WE ARE
WITH PARTNERS TO RISK ONE OF THE
CRITICAL WATERSHED IN THE REACH
. AND IF I THANKS TO THE SIDE
CREDIBILITY IN STRONG PART WITH
AT CONCERN WASN'T BY TO WORK OF
COURSE TO TALK HOST AND HERE.
SANTA HER TO GUIDE THE
RESTAURANT OF CROSSED POINT
MILLION OF FOR LAND LIKE TAHOE.
YOUR GOAL RIGHT HERE REGISTER
NINE MILLION EIGHT OF CORN
COURSES AREA WITHIN THE RANGE
THE TOP OF THE HERE. IS ALREADY
US TO RESEARCH PLAN FOR THE IN
SINCE. OUR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
ONLY TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND
OF BUT ALSO TO A THE CRITICAL
USED TO. LANDSCAPES REST. WITH
THESE PROJECTS IN MIND I WILL
SHARE THE CONCERN CRISP ON THE
TASK FOR PROPER IN A MY SCALE
TREATMENT. I WANT I AM THREE
CARE TO KEEP. AND THE ACTUAL
TAKEN TO ADDRESS THEM. THE FIRST
CALIFORNIA'S LANDSCAPE DIVIDED
MOBILE ORDERS. FEDERAL STATE
TRIBAL AND PRIVATE. AND
WILDFIRES LEAVE THE SHARE FIRST
. CALIFORNIA THE DOC TALKING ALL
LAND APPROACHED IMPROVE HEALTH
THE STATE. FEDERAL OWN AND ABOUT
57% THE STATE OF MY- AND NEED TO
GET INCREASE THE SKILL THEIR
BILL WE'RE BROWN AND WE YEARS.
TO THAT END FOR TWENTY THE
GOVERNOR THE FOREST KIND A THREE
FOR SURE STORAGE OF A CAL SO SIR
ALL FORESTS. WHICH INCLUDED A
COMMITMENT BY THE FEDERAL TO
MATCH THE CALIBER WILL WILDFIRE
SOME FIVE THOUSAND ACRES YEAR.
WHAT THE SHARING OF FUNDS STAFF
AND OTHER RESOURCES ACROSS
JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES. IN
TWENTY TWENTY ONE THE
LEGISLATURE EXPANDED
NEIGHBORHOOD OR IN CALIFORNIA
THROUGH EASY SIX NINETY SEVEN
THE BILL'S DAMAGE TO FORMAL
PROGRAM TO BUILD CAPACITY FOR
THE STATE TO ASSIST WITH BOTH
PROJECT PLANNING INCLUDING THE
REQUIRED ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS.
AND IMPLEMENTATION OF LANDSCAPE
SCALE RESTORATION PROJECTS ON
NATIONAL FOREST LANDS. THE BILL
HIGHLIGHTED THE IMPORTANCE OF
LANDSCAPE SCALE CLARA WERE
INTENTIONAL STATE FUNDING AND
RESOURCES ARE LIKELY TO PROVIDE
THE GREATEST RETURN ON
INVESTMENT WITH RESPECT TO
WILDFIRE. RESILIENCE ROGER IS A
GOOD OF A CLASS FORCED. WHERE
ALL PARTNERS OF COST AND BURDEN
THE PROJECT PLANNING AND
IMPLEMENT. THE OUT OF POCKET
COSTS FOR JUST PLANNING THE
FORCE FRENCH MEDIFARM JACK WAS
A- ONE POINT THREE MILLION
DOLLARS THE PARTNERSHIP AND COST
SHARING WITH THE FOR SERVICE
ALLOW THE PROJECT TO MOVE
QUICKLY. THE NEED FOR RUBBER
WORK AFTER RESTORE FOREST
LANDSCAPE GALA THERE'S BEEN A
DRAMATIC INCREASE LEVEL FIND
WITH THEM RECENT STATE BY
APPROACH OVER POINT THREE
BILLION DOLLARS. HOWEVER HOW
CURRENT FORTY WORK SCHOOLS OF
THAT SHOULD APPLY THE LARGEST OF
MONEY TO FOR RESULTING. THE NEW
. HAS THAT CURRENT SECTOR
WORKFORCE WILL NEED TO GROW BY
NEARLY FOUR HUNDRED TO HELP WITH
THE FINEST WORK. IT IS WORTH
NOTING STATE BUDGET INCLUDED
THIRTY DOLLAR OVER TO FROM TO.
THE FORCE STARTED TOOK THE OF
THE WORK OR THIS QUANTIFYING THE
TRAINING FOR THE TO HELP SHE THE
BUDGET ESTIMATES. THE BY ALSO
INCLUDE INTO MILLION JUST A
FIRST FIRE BY. AND MAJOR OFTEN
AND THE PACE AND SCALE BY
ABILITY. PRESCRIBED FIRE IS THE
A BILL OF. TO HEAR THAN A- LEVEL
INSURANCE. THE CLAIMS PAYS FOR
IN THE UNLESS EVENT THE FIRST
FIRE ESCAPES. FIREMAN THE FINAL
THREE THE BACKSTOP FROM
INSURANCE. HOW HAS DONE AND JOB
OF TOGETHER STAKEHOLDER GROUP TO
AND THE WORKING IS IN THE STAGE
OF REVIEW THE PROGRAM WHICH AND
HAVE A PLAN ON LAUNCHING THE-
AND RESERVE. THIS NEXT MONTH.
FINALLY UBS. OF REGIONAL
FRAMEWORK WILL HOST TO
LANDSCAPES WELFARE AND PROJECT
THE TASK FORCE THE PLANE
REGIONAL APPROACH MANAGING
STATE'S FOR BECAUSE- BY AND HOW
LOCAL COMMUNITIES SET PRIOR FROM
. I MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS
PANEL THAT FORCE'S WORK WITH THE
REACH COURSE FIRE PROGRAM STYLE
FORCED. AND SUPPORT WE NEED TO A
PATH TO DEVELOP PRIORITIZE AND
IMPLEMENT AND PROJECTS THAT BY
DOCTOR LANDSCAPES. HOWEVER MANY
OF THE NEWLY STATUS CLIMATE
BLACK DIED IN OF ALL LANDSCAPES
STRATEGY. SO THE TASK FORCE.
REACH REESE KIT TO HELP. THE
PROVIDING WITH DATA MASKING
PLANNING TOOL THEY HELP SOME
AFFECT PLAN PROVIDING HER PLAN
WORKS RECYCLING. A COMMON
FRAMEWORK FOR AND- FRIEDMAN
OPTIONS. THE REGIONAL ARE BASED
ON THE TOP CENTRIST MISSION IS
FRAMEWORK AND A STRUCTURE
PROCESS LAND CAN DO. SETTING
OBJECT DESIGNING PROJECTS AND
MENTORING. FROM TOWARDS WE OR TO
RESILIENT THE KIDS ARCHERY REFER
FOR THE TOOLS NEED TO GUIDE ME
PARTNER AND THEIR AFTER TO DO
REDUCE WELL IN AND POOREST
HEALTH. THE TASK FORCE HAS ME
PROGRESS TO LOOK DELIVER THE
CONTENT IN THE ACT PLAN. AND
INCREASE GIVING YOU OF LAND FELT
WILL IT HAS FORCE OF WILD
RESILIENCE AND ENSURE OUR FOR
CAN ADAPT CHANGING. THE YOU AND
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. I
THANK YOU SO MUCH STUFF FORCED
NEXT WE'LL HEAR PALM FROM THAT
THIS FOR TRUST WELCOME MISTER
MASON. THANK CHAIR THEM OF THE
COMMITTEE HOME WITH THE FOR
TRUST. OPPOSITE TRUST IS FIVE
ONE SEAT NON THAT FOR WHAT
THIRTY HAS FOCUSED ON THE
CONSERVE REST. OF PRIVATE AND
CALIFORNIA THROUGHOUT THE WEST
FOR OLDER YOU CAN ENVIRONMENTAL
AND SOCIAL. WERE LAND TRUST
THEIR HOLD OVER A HUNDRED
THOUSAND ACRES OF WORKING FOREST
CONSERVATION EASEMENTS LARGELY
WITH MAJOR TIMBER COMPANIES A
LARGE RANCHES IN NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA. AND OF COURSE WE
HAVE AN ACTIVE POLICY PROGRAM
HERE IN SACRAMENTO MORE WORK TO
ALIGN THE STATE AND FEDERAL
PROGRAMS AROUND FIRE WATER
CLIMATE BIODIVERSITY
TRANSATLANTIC IT RESTORATION
EFFORTS. OVERALL I REALLY WANT
TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE TASK FORCE
HAS BEEN A MASSIVE SUCCESS STORY
YOU KNOW THE TWENTY YEARS I'VE
BEEN WORKING HERE IN SACRAMENTO.
I'M HARD PRESSED TO THINK OF
ANOTHER EXAMPLE THAT HAS.
CATALYZED CROSS DEPARTMENT
COORDINATION AND ORDERS FOR THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LOCALS AS
WELL I THINK THAT DIRECTOR RIGHT
TO DESERVE A LOT OF CREDIT FOR
THAT AS WELL AS YOU KNOW KILLY
BRIGHT OVER DEPARTMENT
CONSERVATION CHIEF TYLER HIS
PREDECESSORS. REALLY A LOT OF
PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE IN THE
LAST FIVE YEARS THERE'S ALSO A
HUGE AMOUNT OF CONSENSUS ON
WHERE WE NEED TO GO FORWARD- AND
SO I'M GONNA HAVE TO ABANDON THE
GOOD PART OF MY REMARKS BECAUSE
MUCH OF WHAT I WOULD HAVE SAID
IS ALREADY BEEN SAID BY PATRICK
BY KEELEY AND BY DIRECTOR TYLER
- I WAS ASKED TO SPEAK IN
PARTICULAR TO FORESTED
WATERSHEDS- AND I WANT TO FOCUS
IN SOME ON. THOSE WATERSHEDS
THAT FORM THE HEADWATERS OF THE
GREATER SACRAMENTO RIVER AREA
THE- AREA THE DRAINS INTO
ORVILLE SHASTA AND TRINITY
RESERVOIR WHICH- FORM THE
BACKBONE OF THE STATE WATER
PROJECT THE CENTRAL VALLEY
PROJECT. AND ARE OF WHERE REPEAL
CALIFORNIA'S WATER COMES FROM.
THAT'S AN AREA THAT- STRETCHES
BASICALLY FROM NORTH OF LAKE
TAHOE IN THE FEATHER RIVER AND
CENTER DOLLIES DISTRICT. AROUND
TO THE UPPER. TRINITY RESIDENTS
OF WATERSHED ABOUT THE TRENDY
RESERVOIR IN SENATOR MCGUIRE'S
DISTRICT. PROVIDES MOST OF THE
WATER TO THE AGRICULTURAL
INDUSTRY IN CALIFORNIA AS WELL
AS DRINKING WATER TO TWENTY FIVE
MILLION- CALIFORNIANS. AND
REALLY WARRANTS SOME FOCUSED
ATTENTION AS WE'RE MOVING
FORWARD WITH OUR- ANNOUNCER
PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION ON
GETTING TO FOREST RESTORATION
PASCALE. IN FACT THERE WAS A
BILL ON THIS VERY ISSUE BACK IN
TWENTY EIGHTEEN THAT URGE THE
AGENCY TO DEVELOP. THIS SORT OF-
COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF NEED
AND PRIORITIZE THE INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT
PARTICULAR SEVEN MILLION ACRE
REGION. THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED
YET AND THE SORT OF FOCUSED WAY
THAT- ULTIMATELY IT NEEDS TO
HAPPEN. BUT I THINK THERE IS-
PROMISE ON THE HORIZON BOTH WITH
THE SORT OF PLANNING THE STATE'S
DOING BUT ALSO WITH SOME NEW
PHILANTHROPIC FOCUS IN THAT
REGION. MUCH OF WHAT I WOULD
FOCUS ON IN TERMS OF CHANGES TO
HOW WE ARE APPROACHING- OUR-
INVESTMENTS ON THE LANDSCAPE.
HAS BEEN HIGHLIGHTED BY PREVIOUS
SPEAKERS WE REALLY NEED TO MOVE
AWAY FROM THE INDIVIDUAL PROJECT
APPROACH. THAT HAS BEEN FINE AS
WE'RE GETTING STARTED AND
ROLLING OUT SOME OF THESE FIRST-
FIRST INVESTMENTS WHEN THERE'S
JUST SO MUCH NEED ACROSS THE
LANDSCAPE. BUT IT DOES TEND TO
FOCUS THE SQUEAKY WHEEL FOCUS ON
THE SQUEAKY WHEEL AND ON PROJECT
PROPONENTS THAT ARE GOING TO
BRING PROJECTS FORWARD. WE NEED
TO BECOME MORE PROACTIVE ABOUT
LOOKING ACROSS THE LANDSCAPE
IDENTIFYING THE AREAS THAT ARE
THE HIGHEST PRIORITY TO TREAT
EVEN IF THEY DON'T HAVE AN-
ACTIVE PROPONENT RIGHT NOW. AND
THEN WE CAN REACH OUT. YOU KNOW
WORK WITH THOSE LANDOWNERS TO
APPLY SOME OF THE TREATMENTS
ACROSS THE LANDSCAPE. AND LOOK
AT THE WHOLE WATERSHED THE WHOLE
LANDSCAPE AS IF IT WASN'T
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT AND WE
ARE TRYING TO RESTORE AS MUCH
FUNCTION TO THAT WATERSHED. AS
POSSIBLE YOU KNOW. IDENTIFYING
THE MEANS FIGURING OUR GONNA PAY
FOR THE WORK PERMIT AND MOVE
THROUGH QUICKLY IF WE DON'T MOVE
TO THAT MORE- COORDINATED
APPROACH. AND DESERVE BLOCK
GRANT OR MORE EFFICIENT- FUNDING
APPROACH THAN SEVERAL OTHERS
SPEAKERS HAVE TALKED ABOUT.
WE'RE JUST NOT GOING TO GET TO
SCALE QUICKLY ENOUGH WHAT COULD
TAKE TEN YEARS AGO AND A PICKING
FIFTY YEARS AND FRANKLY WE DON'T
HAVE FIFTY YEARS TO WORK WITH
HERE. COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS ARE
WANT TO- HI. IS THE NEED FOR VAS
MORE BENEFICIAL FIRE. MOST OF
CALIFORNIA CERTAINLY AT THE
POOREST OF PERSONS OF CALIFORNIA
ARE ADAPTED TO FIRE. EVERYTHING
IS GOING TO BURN THAT ITS
NATURAL STATE AND HOW INVOLVED.
BUT WE CAN CONTROL THE TIMING OF
THE FIRE AND THEREFORE THE
OUTCOME SO THAT WE'RE GETTING.
THE SORT OF OUTCOMES THAT ARE.
MAINTAINING AND RESTORING FOR
STRUCTURE RATHER THAN
ELIMINATING FOR STRUCTURE. WE
NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT
BENEFICIAL FIRE LOWER INTENSITY
FIRE AS ESSENTIALLY AN
INOCULATION AGAINST EXTREME
FIRE. AND NOT OVER RELYING ON
SUPPRESSION WHICH BLACK AS A
PRACTICAL MATTER. MAKES THE
PROBLEM WORSE CONTINUES THE FUEL
BUILD UP AND THE ONLY FIRES TO
GET REALLY LARGE OR THE ONE
BURNING UNDER EXTREME
CONDITIONS. SO WE WILL NEVER
HAVE ENOUGH GOOD FIRE WE SHOULD
BE AIMING FOR YOU KNOW A MILLION
ACRES YEAR NOT FIFTY THOUSAND
ACRES A YEAR. AND IS GETTING AS
FAR AS WE POSSIBLY CAN THEIR-
THE OTHER THING THAT I THINK
IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND
AS WE'RE TRYING TO GET BACK TO-
THIS SORT OF YOU KNOW THE WHAT
CONSENSUS NOW ABOUT THE
CONDITION WERE TRYING TO RESTORE
ON THE FORESTED LANDSCAPE WITH.
FEWER BUT LARGER TREES WELL
SPACED WITH THICK FIRE RESILIENT
BARK AND BRANCHES THE START WELL
UP INTO THE CANOPY. BUT THOSE
CONDITIONS DO NOT JUST HAPPEN ON
THE- MANAGE LANDSCAPE THERE IS
AN ECONOMIC INCENTIVE TO
HARVEST. TIMBER BEFORE THAT SO
CONSERVATION WITH PRIVATE
LANDOWNERS IS GOING TO HAVE TO
BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF GETTING
BACK TO THIS RESILIENT FOREST
CONDITION. WE'RE NOT GOING TO
RETAIN LARGE TREES ON THE
MANAGED FOREST LANDSCAPE. ABSENT
PUBLIC FUNDING PARTNERING WITH
PRIVATE LAND OWNERS. TO MAKE
SURE THAT SOME PORTION OF THOSE
TREES ARE RETAINED. IN A LARGE
FIRE RESISTANT RESILIENT
CONDITION. THAT'S GOING TO BE
ESSENTIAL- THE WE HAVE
MECHANISMS THAT WILL INTO OUR
OVERTIME THERE. IS ALSO AN
IMPORTANT WAY TO WE CAN ADVANCE
OUR THIRTY BY THIRTY
CONSERVATION GOALS AND
BIODIVERSITY. AND THAT'S FOR
WANT OF STORING A LOT OF- OUR
LANDSCAPE WELL. SO JUST WRAP UP
IN TRYING TO KEEP UNDER TIME
HERE- I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH
FOUR KEY POINTS. FIRST WE NEED
TO MAINTAIN AND INCREASE THE
FUNDING AND THE MOMENTUM THAT WE
HAVE BUILT OVER THE LAST FIVE
YEARS. WHERE WE CAN WE CAN FOCUS
ON REDUCING THE ADMINISTRATIVE
BURDEN AND TRYING TO DEPLOY
MONEY MORE EFFICIENTLY TO
PROJECTS ON THE LANDSCAPE. AND
LANDSCAPE NOT JUST PROJECTS. IN
PREDICTABLE STABLE MONEY IS
BETTER FOR BUILDING MOMENTUM.
NUMBER TWO WE REALLY NEED TO
TREAT OUR CRITICAL SOURCE
WATERSHEDS AS THE CRITICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THEY ARE.
REALLY ESTABLISHED AND FOCUSED
FUNDING AND IMPLEMENTATION TO
GET TO THE OUTCOMES THAT WE'RE
GONNA NEED LATER IN THE CENTURY
. THREE THERE'S NO CENTRAL FOR
CONSERVATION AND ACHIEVING AND
MAINTAINING MORE NATURAL FOREST
CONDITION OVER TIME. WE HAVE
THOSE LARGE TREES AND GREATER
HETEROGENEITY ACROSS THE
LANDSCAPE. AND LASTLY WE'RE
GOING TO NEED TO GET COMFORTABLE
WITH USING A LOT MORE PRESCRIBED
AND MANAGE FIRE TO MAINTAIN
THESE MORE RESILIENT. CONDITIONS
ON THE LANDSCAPE. FOR ITS PART
OF OUR ECOLOGY IT'S ONLY GONNA
BE MORE COMMON IN A HOTTER DRIER
CALIFORNIA. AND WE WILL WE CAN
CONTROL THE TIMING AND WE JUST
NEED MORE OF A UNDER CONDITIONS
WHERE WE LIKE THE OUTCOMES THAN
WHERE WE HAVE OUTCOMES WE DON'T
LIKE. SO THANK YOU FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE SOME
THOUGHTS. AT YOU MR MAYES AND
THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR
PRESENTERS ON THIS PANEL I WILL
NOW MOVE TO QUESTIONS DO ANY
MAKE SENATE COLLEAGUES HAVE
QUESTIONS MOISTURE. QUESTIONS
MISTER GENTRY YOU'RE STILL THERE
I TAKE IT. YES GREAT- SO THE
PERMITTING PROCESS THAT YOU HAD
TO TALK TO ALLUDED TO AND SAID
THAT- ONE OF THE FIX IS THAT
THEY'RE DEVELOPING ROADMAPS. SO
THAT PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO GET
THROUGH THE PROCESS OR WHAT THEY
NEED TO DO TO GET THROUGH THE
PROCESS. AND WHILE I AM I LIKE
THE ROAD MAPS BECAUSE THEY DO
HELP PEOPLE. DO THAT SIX HUNDRED
MILES IS STILL SIX HUNDRED
MILES- AND- IN OUR PERMITTING
PROCESS SEEMS TO BE ONEROUS- TO
SAY THE LEAST AND- LIKE WHEN
YOU'RE DOING YOUR TIMBER HARVEST
PLANS. WHAT'S THE PROCESS FOR
THAT AND WHAT'S KIND OF THE
AVERAGE TIME IT TAKES TO GET
THROUGH ONE. SO THE CURRENT
TEMPERATURES CAN REALLY VERY.
AND IT'S GOING TO DEPEND ON
WHERE THE PLANT IS LOCATED. WHAT
IT'S PROPOSING TO DO- UP. MORE
OFTEN THAN NOT- YOU KNOW FIRE-
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE THIS YEAR
IN ABOUT A- THE MODOC PLACES
LIKE THAT- SOMEWHERE AROUND
THREE MONTHS SEEMS TO BE ABOUT
THE TIME FRAME- BY REGULATION
AND STATUES IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE
SOMEWHERE AROUND SEVENTY.
SEVENTY TWO SEVENTY THREE DAYS-
IT IS THE SUBSEQUENT PERMITTING
THAT CAN SOMETIMES CONFOUND THE
SITUATION BECAUSE YOU'RE ALSO
REQUIRED TO HAVE. OF THE USED
GENERAL ORDER FROM WATER QUALITY
OR YOU NEED SIXTEEN HUNDRED
CURRENTS FROM DFW FOR WATER
COURSE CROSSINGS- THOSE THINGS
CAN CAN CONSUME A LOT OF TIME
AND IN THEORY THEY REALLY
SHOULDN'T SINCE THE
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS ALREADY
TAKEN PLACE. AND SO THAT'S
SOMETHING WE NEED TO WORK ON IF
THE INFORMATION IS NOT GETTING
TO THOSE AGENCIES. THEN WE NEED
TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE
INFORMATION NECESSARY TO MAKE
THEIR THEIR- THEIR JUDGMENT.
SEGAL IS SYKORA AND YOU HAVE TO
COMPLY WITH IT IT'S IMPORTANT
FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IT'S
IMPORTANT FOR ASSESSING THE
IMPACT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PUBLIC
DISCLOSURE. SO THERE'S REALLY NO
WAY OF GETTING AROUND SOME OF
THOSE MINIMUM TIME FRAMES YOU
HAVE TO DO A CERTAIN AMOUNT WHAT
HAS CHANGED FOR US PRIMARILY. IS
THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE PUT
INTO THE PREPARATORY WORK FOR
THE HARVEST WHEN. CAN YOU TAKE
UP TO TWO YEARS TO GET TO THAT-
EVEN SUBMITTING THE HARVEST
PLANT JUST TO DO THE
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW INTERNALLY
. SO THAT'S KIND OF THAT'S A
DIFFERENT KIND OF THING AND IT
THERE'S REALLY BASED ON SEQUENCE
BASED ON COURT CASES AND BASED
ON HOW HOW THINGS ARE WORKED OUT
- I'M NOT SURE THERE ISN'T ANY
REAL GOOD SOLUTION FOR THAT.
WELL I GUESS THAT CAN ENGAGE MY
SECOND QUESTION WAS. PERHAPS YOU
GUYS CAN COME UP WITH SOME IDEAS
THAT- WE COULD IMPLEMENT OUR
LEVEL TO- AND TO HELP THAT
PROCESS BECAUSE THIS IS KIND OF
AN EMERGENCY TYPE PROCESS ALSO.
WE NEED TO GET THIS DONE AND-
AND WHEREVER WHATEVER THE
PROCESS IS ARE OUT THERE THAT
ARE- STANDING AS BARRIERS TO
GETTING IT DONE WE NEED TO KNOW
ABOUT. AND WE NEED SOME IDEAS
ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO. TO
OVERCOME THOSE A LITTLE BIT. ONE
THING THAT MY MEMBERS OF LOOKED
AT VERY CLOSELY INNER CORNER
STARTING TO IMPLEMENT. ON ON A
BIGGER BASIS IS HABITAT
CONSERVATION PLANS WHICH A LOT
WHICH ALLOWS FOR A LOT OF THIS
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW TO ALREADY
BE DONE PRIOR TO THE PLAN EVEN
BEING. DONE SO. THAT'S A
CONSIDERABLE INVESTMENT IN TIME
MONEY AND RESOURCES BUT THAT'S
SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF FOLKS
ARE LOOKING AT YEAH I WAS CHAIR
OF ONE OF THOSE AND- WHICH WAS
THERE WHEN IT STARTED DOWN A
RIVERSIDE COUNTY WHEN IT ENDED.
AND BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY
YOU KNOW MANY YEARS LATER
WATCHING WHAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO
DO. IT STILL SEEMS THERE'S HIS
GOD AWFUL PROCESS THAT EVERYBODY
HAS TO GO THROUGH. ADD TRY TO
GET A PROJECT DONE- EVEN TRUTH
WE EVEN WITH THE HABITAT PLANNED
SO. SO ANYWAY. I THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR POINTING THOSE THAT.
THAT ISSUE OUT FORCE A LITTLE
BIT. AND APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO
THANK YOU. I STOOD YOU UP IN ME
OKAY- CENTER YOU CAN. ALL RIGHT
I HAVE A COUPLE. HERE FIRST FOR
MISTER O'CONNOR- I WAS WONDERING
YOU COULD LET. ON SOME YOUR- IN
ANY PART- IF YOU HAVE CONCERNS
AND OR SUGGESTIONS AROUND HOW WE
- HAVE A CONSISTENT CONTINUOUS
IMPLEMENTATION OF A REGIONAL
INVESTMENT STRATEGY IN FIRE
PREVENTION AROUND THE STATE.
SURE I'D BE HAPPY TO- I THINK
WHAT OUR EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN THE
KEY IS GETTING EVERYONE IN THE
ROOM IN THE ROOM AND ACTIVELY
COLLABORATING OVERTIME. ONCE
THAT HAPPENS. AND PLANS ARE
DEVELOPED THOSE PLANS ARE ALMOST
INHERENTLY LONG TERM. IS SO WHAT
WE NEED THEN IS LONG TERM
SUPPORT IN TERMS OF FUNDING AND
IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE POLICIES
THAT ARE NECESSARY TO SUPPORT
THOSE ACTION PLANS. AND WHAT I'M
SPEAKING ABOUT SPECIFICALLY AS
WE TALK A LOT TODAY ABOUT. THE
FACT THAT WHILE FIRE IS NOT A
PROBLEM THAT IS LIMITED TO THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT EVERYONE IS
INVOLVED WE HAVE TO SHARE THE
SOLUTION. IN OUR CASE SINCE
IGNITIONS OCCUR ALONG ROADWAYS
MOSTLY 82% OF OUR NATION'S OCCUR
ALONG ROADWAYS. THE PRIMARY-
PARTY THAT IS INVOLVED IN THAT
IS CALTRANS. OR THE COUNTY
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTS AND SO
HAVING THEM AT THE TABLE AND
HAVING THEM HAVE THE POLICIES ON
THE FUNDING AND THE SUPPORT THAT
THEY NEED IN ORDER TO PLAY THE
ROLE THAT IS ESSENTIAL FOR THEM.
IT IS REALLY CRITICAL SO THIS
STARTS TO GET PRETTY COMPLICATED
PRETTY QUICKLY- BUT VESTING THE
SOLUTION IN ANY ONE ENTITY IS
OUR IS RISKY BECAUSE THERE ARE
SO MANY FACETS TO IT. BUT I
WOULD SAY THE SHORTEST ANSWER IS
LONG TERM SUPPORT AND SUSTAIN
REGIONAL FUNDING IN THE
FLEXIBILITY OF THE BLOCK GRANTS
THAT WE TALKED ABOUT TIED TO
THESE REGIONAL PLANS THAT ARE
DEVELOPED THROUGH ACTIVE
COLLABORATION. THAT'S REALLY THE
BREAKTHROUGH THAT'S THE WAY TO
DO IT AND THAT'S WHAT THE TASK
FORCE HAS BEEN ENCOURAGING AND
IT'S VERY EXCITING. THANK YOU
MISTER KHAN APPRECIATE THAT- I
HAVE A QUESTION FOR DOCTOR
FORSBERG IN MISTER MASON- AND
THAT'S REALLY AROUND THIS IDEA
OF SUSTAINABILITY RIGHT WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT TREATMENT RIGHT
NOW WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE
BUDGET WILL LOOK LIKE TEN YEARS
FROM NOW. AND SO I WAS WONDERING
IF YOU HAD ANY. SUGGESTIONS OR
IDEAS ON THE BEST METHODS TO
ENSURE THAT. TWENTY FIVE YEARS
FROM NOW THAT WE'RE CONTINUING
TO TREAT THE HIGHEST PRIORITY
FORESTS AND WILDLANDS AND THAT
THESE CONTINUE TO GO FORWARD
LONG AFTER ALL OF US ARE AT
OFFICE. W. W. FORSBERG GOOD.
HAVING IT IN SIR AND THEN TURN
OVER MY COLLEAGUE MISTER MASON.
I THINK FROM THE CHALLENGES THAT
HAVE DISCUSSED TODAY HELP THINK
HOW WE CAN THINK ABOUT LONG TERM
COMMITMENTS TO FORCE
RESTORATION. REALLY THINKING
ABOUT WHAT THE FIRST ENTRY LOOKS
LIKE MAYBE IT'S GOING TO BE SOME
COLLEGE THINNING. AND THEN
BUILDING GET MORE ON THE GROUND
SUBSEQUENT TREATMENTS THAT
REALLY HELP- BRING THE LANDSCAPE
INTO A- CAN. THAT ALSO GOING TO
REDUCE THE COST PROJECT LONG
TERM AYE INCREASE THE USE OF
PERSONAL FIRE GETTING. INTERVALS
INTO THEIR PROGRAM BOTH OF THE
ARE NEEDED IN THE LAST. SO THAT
ARE WORKING YEAR AS THAT'S
REALLY TRYING TO WORK FIRE TO
THIS IS- MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE
GETTING. MORE FREQUENT BUYER IN
THE LANDSCAPE. THANK YOU MISTER
. SURE I'LL CERTAINLY ECHO WHAT
DOC FIRST FOR JUST HAD TO SAY.
REALLY MAYBE I TO THAT THAT.
WHEN AS WE MOVE BEYOND. TREATING
SMALL A- OF FEW HUNDRED EIGHT
AND START GETTING TO LAW TREAT
AN ERROR. OF KNOW THOUSAND OF
ACRES ARE ALL WALK. THERE BACK A
MORE. NATURAL CAN. WHERE WE CAN
FIVE OPERATE AT A LARGER SCALE
TO MAINTAIN CONDITIONS THAT'S
GOING TO HELP AN AWFUL LOT IN
TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO BRING THE
COST DOWN AND WORK ON A LARGER
SCALE. WE ARE ALSO GOING TO NEED
STABLE ONGOING FUNDING BECAUSE
THERE'S GOING TO NEED TO BE
PUBLIC INPUTS INTO- IN THIS FOR
GENERATIONS I MEAN IT'S TAKEN US
WELL OVER A HUNDRED YEARS TO
CREATE THIS PROBLEM. AND IT'S
GOING TO TAKE AN AWFUL LONG TIME
TO GET OUT AS WELL ESPECIALLY
WITH THE CHANGING THE CLIMATE
CONTINUING. TO MAKE THE PROJECT
MORE CHALLENGING. SO I THINK
THAT YOU KNOW BEYOND THE THAT
OCCASIONAL GIGI R. F. THAT RUNS
OUT ANOTHER FIVE YEARS OR SO.
WE'RE REALLY GOING TO NEED A
PERMANENT AND SUBSTANTIAL SOURCE
OF FUNDING TO DEAL WITH THESE
SORTS OF CHALLENGES ACROSS THE
LANDSCAPE. WHETHER IT'S BASED ON
THE WALL BECAUSE A VARIETY OF
WAYS TO GET THERE ARE. NONE OF
THEM ARE GOING TO BE EASY BUT I
THINK THAT FUNDAMENTALLY REALLY
BAKING SOMETHING INTO THE
BASELINE INVESTMENTS IN THE
STATE IS MAKING IS GOING TO BE
ESSENTIAL. THANK YOU MA'AM
MISTER MISSION APPRECIATE THAT I
THANK YOU DOLLAR. PRESENTERS WE
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TODAY. AND
SO I WOULD NOW TO INVITE PUBLIC
COMMENT. LET'S BEGIN WITH ANY
WITNESSES HERE IN ROOM TWENTY
ONE HUNDRED PLEASE LINE UP AT
THE FRONT. AND PLEASE NOTE GIVEN
OUR LIMITED TIME TODAY WE'RE
JUST GOING TO ASK YOU TO LIMIT
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RIGHT THERE. THANK YOU GOOD
MORNING COMMITTEE MEMBERS MY
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PROUD SUPERINTENDENT OF THE TAFT
UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT- AND-
SIR MAN IF- IF THIS MORNING A
LITTLE SALTY- THAT. WE'D LIKE TO
OFFER A LITTLE SWEET- JUST
BEFORE LUNCH TODAY- WITH ME
TODAY I'M PROUD TO SAY I'M
REPRESENTED BY. CAREER TECHNICAL
EDUCATION ACADEMY STUDENTS. ARE
FROM TAFT CALIFORNIA- HERE TO
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR
EXPERIENCES WITH. NATURAL
RESOURCES- AND ALSO MAYBE- AT A
LITTLE- EXTENDED- PUSH TOWARD
POWERING THE- THE FIGHT AGAINST
A SAY NOT FOR APPRECIATE I DID
NOTICE YOUNG PEOPLE SITTING
PATIENTLY THROUGH A LOT OF
TESTIMONY YEAH AND THIS IS BY
THE WAY STUDENT LED EFFORT- WE
HAVE THEIR COORDINATOR TEACHER
HERE. AS WELL AS A FEW BOARD
MEMBERS IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE
HERE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
THANK YOU FOR ITS PENDING. DO
YOU HAVE ANY OTHER AND ANYONE
ELSE WISHING TO MAKE COMMENTS.
I'VE JUST PLEASE LINE UP AT THE
FRONT. AND PLEASE LIMIT YOUR
COMMENTS TO TWO MINUTES EACH
OTHER UP SOUNDS LIKE THAT WON'T
BE A PROBLEM. GOOD MORNING MY
NAME IS MASON WHERE I'M THE AD
E. TREASURE ADT'S STANDS FOR
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF DRAWING
AN ENGINEER. AND A CONDUCTOR
STUDENT SECTION FOR OUR OIL
TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY- ONE THING I
NOTICED THAT A LOT WAS MENTIONED
THROUGHOUT THE- MEETING WAS
CLIMATE CHANGE. AND I KNOW THAT.
EVERYONE SAYS CO TWO IS
AFFECTING THE CLIMATE CHANGE.
AND THAT'S A BIG PUSH ON- PRETTY
MUCH JUST MAKING A DIFFERENT
ADVANCEMENTS TOWARDS BECOMING
CARBON NEUTRAL. BUT ONE THING
THAT- I DIDN'T FIND OUT WAS THAT
. ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO THE- EARTH
WASN'T AS GREEN IS TODAY AND
IT'S 5210% GREENER THAN IT WAS
TEN YEARS AGO. BUT- ALSO IN THE
LAST FOUR ICE AGES THE CO TWO
LEVEL WAS VERY LOW. AND I KNOW
THAT THEIR HUSBAND STUDIES AND
EVERYTHING THAT DOES SAY.
THERE'S A GREENHOUSE EFFECT AND
EVERYTHING BUT THAT IS JUST
SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO
MENTION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
COMMENT. HI I'M LORENA GONZALEZ
SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE. NOW WITH
THE LABOR FEDERATION
DIFFERENTLY. JUST TO BE CLEAR
SHE ALREADY GOT THAT YESTERDAY
PLEASE GO AHEAD- THE PETER
INDUSTRY IMPACTS THE NATION
BECAUSE IT SUPPORTS MILLIONS OF
AMERICAN JOBS. AND SOMETIMES
IT'S STRICTLY OVERLOOKED BY
FEDERAL STATE AND LOCAL AND MANY
TIMES PEOPLE CHOOSE TO FOCUS ON
THIS AS THE MAIN SOURCE OF
POLLUTION. THAT THERE'S BOTH
CARRIERS THAT AND THAT FIVE
HUNDRED FIFTY EIGHT METRIC TONS
OF CARBON PER YEAR AND THE
PETROLEUM INDUSTRY HELPS MY
COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT PROVIDES AN
DIRECTOR RACK AND INDUCE JOBS
THAT HEALTH EVERYONE IN MY
COMMUNITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
AND I JUST AS A REMINDER OUR
FUTURE COMMENTERS I THANK YOU
FOR THAT I MISS GONZALEZ. WITH
TODAY'S TOPIC IS WILDFIRE SO IF
YOU COULD KEEP YOUR COMMENTS
THAT THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES
ONLINE IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME
BACK I'M SURE WE'LL TALK ABOUT-
FOSSIL FUELS AND OTHER THINGS
THAT ARE GERMANE TO SOME OF
THESE COMMENTS BUT THANK YOU.
THEY'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WILD
BY. HI GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME'S
NATALIE PENS AND- ONE OF THE
PEOPLE OBVIOUSLY IT'S FIRE AND
SAFETY FOR THE TOPIC. I WANTED
TO KIND OF INFORM YOU GUYS HAVE
THE OIL INDUSTRY ALSO AFFECTS
THIS INDUSTRY AS WELL. AND ONE
OF THEM IS THE PETROLEUM
INDUSTRY. PROVIDERS WITH
EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS AS KNOWN BUT
IT ALSO- PROVIDES US WITH HEAVY
EQUIPMENT SUCH AS HELICOPTERS
AIR SUPPORT CHAINSAWS AND WOOD
CLIPPERS. AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH
ALL I HAVE RELATING TO THIS
TOPIC THANK YOU. HI I'M WITH A
CAMPUS OUR PRESIDENT OF THE OIL
TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY AND I'M
ADDRESSING OF THE PETROLEUM
INDUSTRY AFFECTS. MY COMMUNITY
BUSINESSES SUCH AS- ENERGY
CHEVRON SENTINEL PEAK RESOURCES
ALL SUPPORT TOUGH EVENTS CLUBS
ACTIVITIES AND MORE PERFECT
EXAMPLES OR TERRADO WE CELEBRATE
THE FINING PHONING OF TOUGH TO
BUY OR OIL. ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS
THE NEED CENTER IT'S A BUILDING
PROVIDED BY THE OIL FIELD
COMPANY. ED THIS BUILDING
PROVIDES FOOD CLOTHING HYGIENE
ESSENTIALS AND MORE TO THOSE IN
NEED. OF WITHOUT THE PETROLEUM
INDUSTRY MANY SMALL TOWNS WILL
NOT BE HERE TODAY MUCH LIKE OUR
TOWN THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY
BROUGHT PEOPLE TO START OUR
SMALL TOWN BUSINESSES SUCH AS
GROCERY STORES SCHOOLS
RESTAURANTS AND MORE. IF THESE
BUSINESSES SHUT DOWN THERE GOES
A POINT RATES WHICH AFFECTS THE
POPULATION THAT'S POPULATION
GOES DOWN TOUGH IS NO LONGER
TOUGH. SO IN CONCLUSION THE
PETROLEUM INDUSTRY IS A
CONTRIBUTING PARTNER AND HELPING
CALIFORNIA SET AN EXAMPLE TO
OTHER STATES AND COUNTRIES
REPRODUCE AFFORDABLE RELIABLE
ENERGY THAT SAFEGUARDS PUBLIC
HEALTH SAFETY AND THE
ENVIRONMENT. TOGETHER WE SHARE
THE GOAL OF CREATING A STABLE
AND THRIVING ECONOMY WHERE WE
CAN STRENGTHEN WORKING FAMILIES
LOCAL EMPLOYERS AND DIVERSE
COMMUNITIES THANK YOU THANK YOU-
YOU'RE AN AWFUL HARD BUNCH TO
CUT OFF BUT IF WE COULD KEEP IT
TO THE WILDFIRES AND P. SHEET
THAT. IF WE HAVE ANYMORE. OKAY
THANK YOU TRAISTER. HI MEMBERS
OF THE COMMITTEE- JOHNNY THE
DIRECTOR FORCE POLICY WITH
MENDOCINO AND HUMBOLDT REDWOOD
COMPANIES. JUST WANT TO TOUCH ON
THE FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND ACRE
GOAL THAT THE STATE HAS. IT'S MY
UNDERSTANDING THAT THE TASK
FORCE- IS GOING TO BE COUNTING
THE TIMBER HARVEST PLAN ACRES.
IN THOSE SETS- YOU KNOW A
HUNDRED AND TEN UNDER TWENTY
THOUSAND ACRES A YEAR. AND IT
REALLY SEEMS LIKE WE NEED TO GO
ABOVE AND BEYOND THOSE ACRES
WE'VE HAD TIMBER HARVEST PLANS
FOR. WELL SINCE NINETEEN SEVENTY
FOUR IN THE WILDFIRE SITUATIONS
ONLY GOTTEN WORSE- SO THAT FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND ACRES SO WE
REALLY WANT MEANINGFUL ACRE
SHOULD BE ABOVE AND BEYOND- WHAT
THE TIMBER HARVEST PLANS DO THEY
DO REDUCE FIELD BUT WE NEED TO
GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT. AND
THEN- JUST- ECHO THE COMMENTS OF
GEORGE GENTRY- THE PERMIT
SYNCHRONIZATION PROCESS- WE'VE
BEEN TRYING TO WORK ON FOR
SEVERAL YEARS HERE I'M GLAD THE
TASK FORCE IS TAKING THAT ON.
I'VE WRITTEN OVER FIFTY TIMBER
HARVEST PLANS MYSELF AND I CAN
TELL YOU THAT TRIPLE STATE
PERMIT PROCESS THAT WE HAVE THIS
VERY LABORIOUS AND- IF WE CAN
GET ALL THOSE PERMITS LINE UP
APPROVED AT THE SAME TIME- WE
CAN BE MOVING AHEAD OF A- MUCH.
FASTER CLIP FOR OUR FUEL
REDUCTION PROJECTS. THANK YOU
THANK YOU APPRECIATE THAT. GOOD
MORNING I I'M STACIE CORLISS I'M
HERE WITH THIS YEAR CONSORTIUM
WE ARE A GROUP OF REGIONAL-
CONSERVATION AND COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS. AND YOU YOU HEARD
FROM PAUL AND OTHERS AT THE- WE
SO STRONGLY SUPPORT THE WORK OF
THE WILDFIRE AND FOREST
RESILIENCE TASK FORCE IT'S BEEN
GAME CHANGING. FOR US IN THIS
YEAR AND ABOUT A- ESPECIALLY
THE- REGIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING
EFFORTS THROUGH OUR FIFTY
PROGRAM- YOU KNOW I LIVE IN
MAMMOTH LAKES IN THE IN IN YOUR
MODEL COUNTIES WE DID NOT. HAVE
LOCAL CAPACITY AT ALL TO TAKE
ON. LANDSCAPE LEVEL OF FOREST
RESILIENCE PROGRAMS WORKING WITH
THE U. S. FOREST SERVICE AND NOW
IT'S HAPPENING SO. STRONGLY
SUPPORT THAT KIND OF A BROKEN
RECORD WITH THE NEED FOR SUSTAIN
FUNDING. BUT I'LL SAY IT AGAIN
AND REALLY YOU KNOW WITH. A
COMBINATION OF FUNDING IS NEEDED
WE WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY THAT
OF BOND MEASURE COULD BRING BUT
WE NEED THAT SUSTAINED FUNDING
AND ONE THING I DIDN'T HEAR
REALLY FOR I. TOO MUCH IS THE
UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS OF FEDERAL
FUNDING. THAT ARE NOW AVAILABLE
IN THE INCREDIBLE ALIGNMENT-
THROUGH THE TASK FORCE WITH-
APPLYING THAT FUNDING TO
PRIORITY PROJECTS FOR THE STATE
BUT- THIS IS OUTSIDE LEGISLATORS
ARE TRADITIONAL SCOPE. BUT IF
THERE WERE A WAY TO SIGNAL- TO
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THE NEED
FOR THAT ALIGNMENT AND FOR
WORKING TOGETHER I'M ON PROJECT
PLANNING AND NOT JUST PROJECT
PLANNING BY PRIORITIZATION-
AGAIN THE ALIGNMENT IS THERE
EVERYBODY'S WORKING TOGETHER
REALLY WELL BUT I THINK THAT
THAT COULD BE AN INTERESTING
THING FOR. FOR YOU TO DO OUTSIDE
THE TRADITIONAL SCOPE OF YOUR
AUTHORITY TRYING TO WORK IN A
PIE JOKE BUT I. HISTORY I USE
YOUR MIND IN YOUR DISTRICT THANK
YOU ABOUT WELL THANK YOU FOR
YOUR SUGGESTIONS IN YOUR
COMMENTS AND ANYONE ELSE IN THE
ROOM. OKAY THEN THANK YOU TO ALL
WHO GIVE COMMENT WILL NOW MOVE
TO INDIVIDUALS WAITING TO
PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT VIA
TELECONFERENCE ORVIS. FOR THOSE
WHO ARE JUST JOINING OR NOT YET
CALLED IN TO PARTICIPATE PLEASE
DIAL THIS TOLL FREE NUMBER.
EIGHT SEVEN SEVEN TWO TWO SIX
EIGHT TWO ONE SIX. AND WHEN
PROMPTED PLEASE USE THE
FOLLOWING ACCESS CODE SIX TWO
ONE SEVEN ONE SIX ONE. MODERATOR
IF YOU COULD PLEASE PROMPT
INDIVIDUALS WAITING TO PROVIDE
PUBLIC COMMENT. AND THEN PROVIDE
ME THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON
THE LINE. THANK YOU AND IF WOULD
YOU LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT
PLEASE PRESS ONE ZERO AT THIS
TIME AGAIN IT'S ONE ZERO. GIVE
ME JUST A MOMENT. AND CURRENTLY
NOBODY IN Q. HERE. I THANK YOU
MODERATE WELL THEN I GUESS WITH
THAT- THANK YOU TO ALL THE
PANELISTS WHO PRESENTED TODAY
THE INDIVIDUALS WHO PARTICIPATE
IN PUBLIC TESTIMONY. I IMPROVING
LANDSCAPING FOR SELF INCREASING
WILDFIRE AND FOREST RESILIENCE
TO WILDFIRE IN ORDER TO PROTECT
OUR COMMUNITIES IS A DAUNTING
CHALLENGE BUT ONE THAT WE MUST
DEDICATE RESOURCES TO ON AN
ONGOING BASIS I LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH MY LEGISLATIVE
COLLEAGUES. AND ADMINISTRATION
ACHIEVE THIS SHARED EFFORTS IF
YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO TESTIFY VIA
TELECONFERENCE ORVIS PLEASE
SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS OR
SUGGESTIONS IN WRITING. TO THE
SENATE NATURAL RESOURCES AND
WATER COMMITTEE OR VISIT THE
COMMITTEE WEBSITE. YOU'RE
COMMITTED COMMENTS AND
SUGGESTIONS ARE IMPORTANT TO US
AND WE WANT INCLUDE YOUR
TESTIMONY IN THE OFFICIAL
HEARING RECORDS. THANK YOU I
INCLUDING TO THE FOLKS FROM THE
TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OFFER
PARTICIPATING TODAY WE
APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE AND
COOPERATION WITH THAT WE'VE
CONCLUDED THE AGENDA AND THIS
SENATE NATURAL RESOURCES AND
WATER COMMITTEE IS ADJOURNED.
VERY GOOD. THAT ONE WAS THE.